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LUCKY IN LOVE (Ádh an Ghrá). AKA and see "Oh Gang with Me to Yon Town," "I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Toun." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Similar in parts to "Tansey's Favourite (1)." Harry Bradshaw and Jackie Small say the tune probably owes its popularity to Tents, Tarmon, County Leitrim flute player John McKenna [1] (1880-1947), who emigrated to New York in 1911. "Lucky in Love" was apparently a local Leitrim tune that McKenna brought into the standard repertoire through his influential 78 RPM recording. Its origins are Scottish, however, c.f. Robert Bremner's Scots tune "Oh Gang with Me to Yon Town" (also "I'll Gang No More to Yon Town"). Reg Hall (1995) agrees, and says the McKenna's 1934 recording (where the tune was paired with "Bloom of Youth (The)") "was seminal for many later up-and-coming flute players around southern Sligo."

Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]; fiddler Charlie Lennon [Bulmer & Sharpley].

Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 2, No. 20. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 65. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 71, p. 19.

Recorded sources: Charlie Lennon & Mick O'Connor - "Lucky in Love."

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]

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-'''LUCKY IN LOVE''' (Ádh an Ghrá).  AKA and see "[[Oh Gang with Me to Yon Town]]," "[[I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Toun]]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Similar in parts to "[[Tansey's Favourite (1)]]." Harry Bradshaw and Jackie Small say the tune probably owes its popularity to Tents, Tarmon, County Leitrim flute player John McKenna (1880-1947), who emigrated to New York in 1911. "Lucky in Love" was apparently a local Leitrim tune that McKenna brought into the standard repertoire through his influential 78 RPM recording.  Its origins are Scottish, however, c.f. Robert Bremner's Scots tune "[[Oh Gang with Me to Yon Town]]" (also "[[I'll Gang No More to Yon Town]]"). Reg Hall (1995) agrees, and says the McKenna's 1934 recording (where the tune was paired with "[[Bloom of Youth (The)]]") "was seminal for many later up-and-coming flute players around southern Sligo."
+'''LUCKY IN LOVE''' (Ádh an Ghrá).  AKA and see "[[Oh Gang with Me to Yon Town]]," "[[I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Toun]]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Similar in parts to "[[Tansey's Favourite (1)]]." Harry Bradshaw and Jackie Small say the tune probably owes its popularity to Tents, Tarmon, County Leitrim flute player John McKenna [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McKenna_%28flautist%29] (1880-1947), who emigrated to New York in 1911. "Lucky in Love" was apparently a local Leitrim tune that McKenna brought into the standard repertoire through his influential 78 RPM recording.  Its origins are Scottish, however, c.f. Robert Bremner's Scots tune "[[Oh Gang with Me to Yon Town]]" (also "[[I'll Gang No More to Yon Town]]"). Reg Hall (1995) agrees, and says the McKenna's 1934 recording (where the tune was paired with "[[Bloom of Youth (The)]]") "was seminal for many later up-and-coming flute players around southern Sligo."
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