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Tune properties and standard notation
DOHERTY'S FANCY (Roga Uí Docartaig). AKA and see "Humors of Ballinafad (2) (The)," "Pet of the Pipers." Irish, Double Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in collections usually under the title "Pet of the Pipers," although it was recorded in the 78 RPM era by Hugh Gillespie as "Kips" (1939, after Kippeen Scanlon) and by Paddy Killoran as "Humors of Ballinafad (2) (The)."
Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down, learned this tune from an Ulster fiddler named Doherty [O'Neill].
Printed sources: O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 166, pg. 92. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 811, p. 151. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 82, p. 29.
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