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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 fiddler from his district named Tom Moran. Gannon said that when he was young single jigs/slides were dance tunes 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), 1987; p.
Recorded sources : - Gael-Linn CEF 022, John Joe Gannon - "Seoda Ceoil 2" (1969. Various artists).
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