Annotation:Miss Blair's Fancy

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X:1 T:Miss Blair's Fancy M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 168 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B|dBG GBG|AFD DFD|EFG ABc|BAG FED| dBG GBG|AFD D/E/FD|EFG AFD|G3 G2:| |:B|d2d dBd|gfg dBG|cec BdB|ABG AFD| [1 dBd dBd|gfg dBG|EFG AFD| G3 G2:| [2 dBd def|gba gdB|EFG AFD|G3 G2|]



MISS BLAIR'S FANCY (Speis ingine Blair). AKA and see "Mr. Blair of Blair's Jig," "Mrs. Blair of Blair's Jig," "Road to Corofin (The)." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The 'A' part of this melody is the same as Quebec fiddler Joseph Allard's "Quadrille de Beauharnois." Paul de Grae believes O'Neill obtained the tune from A. McGoun's Repository of Scots and Irish Airs , Strathspeys, and Reels, etc. (Glasgow, c. 1799)[1]. The tune can be found in early 19th century Scottish collections as "Mr. Blair of Blair's Jig."


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Printed sources : - O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 189, p. 103. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 168, p. 42.






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  1. Paul de Grae, “Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O’Neill Collections”, 2017 [1].