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BILL CLANCY'S DELIGHT (Taitneam Uilliam Mic Flanncada). AKA and see "Pretty Peggy (1)," "Snuff Box." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). The tune is cognate with "Pretty Peggy (1)," with the parts reversed, and, in particular, in the 2nd strain of "Bill Clancy's." See also "Milestone in the Garden (The)" and the related "Humors of Westport (The)."
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - James O'Neill [O'Neill]. Chicago police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down, was a literate musician and assisted Captain Francis O'Neill with his earlier volumes.
Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen); p. 144. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1465, p. 271. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 696, p. 123.
Recorded sources: -
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