X:1
T: Miss Lyons' Fancy
S: Mick Moloney
Q: 350
R: reel
Z:Transcribed by Bill Black
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
D2 FA D2 FA | defd eB (3BBB | d2 cA (3Bcd AF | GBAG (3FED EC |
D2 FA D2 FA | defd eB (3BBB | d2 cA (3Bcd AF | GBAG FD D2 ||
a2 fd faaf | gfed efge | a2 fd faaf | gbag fddf |
a2 fd faaf | gfed efge | fdec dBAF | GBAG FD D2 ||
MISS LYON'S FANCY (Rogha Iníon Uí Liatháin). AKA and see "Boil the Breakfast Early (2)," "Early Breakfast (The)," “Green Hills of Kerry,” “Knocknagree Reel,” "Limerick Lassies," "Over the Hill," “Sonny Brogan's Favorite,” "Up against the Boughalauns," "Ballinure Rake." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Black): AABB' (Breathnach, Mulvihill). See also the related “Quinn's Reel (1)" and Isidore Soucy's derivative Quebec reel "Gigue écossaise."
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler James Morrison [1] (1891 - 1947, County Sligo/New York) [Black, Breathnach]; Tony Smith (County Cavan & Dublin) [Mulvihill]; Kilfenora Ceilí Band [Prior/Treoir].
Printed sources : - Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 192, p. 102. Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann, vol. III), 1985; No. 103, p. 52. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 31, p. 8. Prior (Trior), vol. 41, No. 1, 2009; p. 20.
Recorded sources : - Gennett 5304-A (78 RPM), James Morrison (1923. 2nd tune in medley with "Bonnie Kate" and "Haymaker"). KCB-100, Kilfenora Ceilí Band - "Century" (2009. 4th tune, track 1). Shanachie Records LP 33004, "The Pure Genius of James Morrison" (1978) as "Miss Lyons' Fancy." Shanachie 78031, James Keane – “Sweeter As the Years Roll By.” Shanachie Records SHA-CD-78039, "The Mulcahy Family" (2000). Starr 9490 (78 RPM), James Morrison (1923. Alternate issue of Gennett 5304-A). HMV H.M. 949, Lough Gill Quartette, as "Ballinue Rake."
See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index of Recorded Sources [3]
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