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GINLEY'S FANCY (Rogha Mhig Fhionnaile). AKA and see "Day I Met Tom Moylan (The)," "Ivy Leaf Reel (3)," "Man of the House (The)," "Merry Thatcher (The)," "Mind My Border," "Mind My Brother," "Old Tom," "Sally Grant," "Through the Heather." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Printed in O'Neill as "Man of the House (The)", by which title it is almost always called in modern Irish music sessions. There are several more E dorian tunes that are more or less closely related in the first strain; "Autumn Leaves," "Handsome Sally (1)" "Miss Kelly's Favourite," "New Potatoes (The)," and "Paddy Carthy's Reel (2)."

Source for notated version: accordion player Joe Burke (Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 130, p. 62.

Recorded sources: Outlet Records SOLP 1015, Joe Burke - "Galway's Own" (1971).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]




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