Annotation:Whitney's Fancy
X:1 T:Whitney's Fancy M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 933 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d2|g3a g>fe>d|e>dB>G A>GE>F|G>FG>A B>AB>d|e>dc>e d2 (3def| gfga g>fe>d|e>dg>e d>BA>B|G>AG>E D>CB,>A,|B,2 G,2 G,2:| |:D2|G>AB>A G>A B2|A>Bc>B A>B c2|d>ef>e d>cB>A|G>AB>c d2 D2| G>AB>A G>A B2|A>Bc>B A>Bc2|d>ef>e d>cA>F|G2G2G2:|]
WHITNEY'S FANCY (Roga Ui Uitnaig/Uitnig). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In a 1906 letter to Alfred Percival Graves (printed in “A Few Gossipy Notes” in the Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, London, O’Neill wrote that he thought he had adapted the tune from a melody he heard in the theatre.