Annotation:York Fancy (The)
X:1 T:York Fancy, The M:C L:1/8 R: Reel B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 541, p. 206) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D ddde cAAc|ddde Tc2 de|fdec dBAF|GEEF G2 FE:| |:DDDF EEEF|DDDF A2d2|DDDF EEEc|dBAF G2 FE:| |:fddf geeg|fafd cecA|fddf geeg|fa Ac d2d2:|
YORK FANCY, THE. AKA and see "Follow Me Lads (1)," "Lads of Baltimore," "Tom Thumb (2)." Scottish, Reel (whole and cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Fr. John Quinn finds a derivative but cognate version in Maurice Hime's Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never before Printed (1804) as "Follow Me Lads (1)." The tune was entered into the 1826-1859 anonymous music manuscript entitled Melodist: A Collection of music in two volumes (No. 59, p. 32), probably from the state of Maine, under the title "Lads of Baltimore."
