TOM MORAN'S FANCY. Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Slide (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is sourced to 20th century Westmeath accordion player John Joe Gannon. It is named for his source, a local fiddler named Tom Moran. Gannon said that when he was young flings were as common in his area as jigs and reels.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Accordion player John Joe Gannon of Dublin, originally from Westmeath [Breathnach].
Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na Éireann vol. II), 1976; No. 80 (appears as untitled slide). L.E. McCullough (The Irish Tinwhistle Tutor), 1999; p.
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