Annotation:Fly By Night (2)

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 FLY BY NIGHT [2]. AKA and see "Best Shot." American, Hornpipe or Clog. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The melody is in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) as a Lancashire clog. O'Malley's ending for the second part came from New York fiddler Andy McGann.  Source for notated version: New York fiddlers Andy McGann and Larry Redican (d. 1975) [O'Malley].  Printed sources: O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music), 1976; No. 116, p. 58. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 160. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 147, p. 26 (listed as a 'Clog').  Recorded sources:

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