Blue Angel (The)

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Theme code Index	3H1H65 4376H
Also known as	Flying Crowbar (The), King's Fancy, King's Favourite, Liam King's
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Liam King
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Kevin Alewine
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Maid that Cut Off the Chicken's Lips (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 9
Year of publication/Date of MS	1987
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BLUE ANGEL, THE. AKA and see "Flying Crowbar (The)," "King's Fancy." Irish, Jig. D Major ('A' part) & B Minor ('B' part) {Alewine}: E Flat Major ('A' part) & C Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig is attributed to Dublin/Belfast piano player Liam King, and was first recorded in 1965 by fiddler Sean Maguire and the Four Star Quartet. The jig is sometimes set in the keys of Bb/Gm.

Printed source: Alewine (Maid that Cut Off the Chicken's Lips), 1987; p. 9.

Recorded source: Green Linnet SIF 1051, Jackie Daly, Seamus & Manus McGuire - "Buttons and Bows" (1984).

X: 1
T:The Blue Angel
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
D:Session tape - Corofin, Clare
Z:Bernie Stocks
K:D
d2e |:fdd dcd | Bdd Add | Gdd Fdd | cBA bag | 
fdd dcd | Bdg Adf |GBe FAd | eBc d2e :|
|: fdB BAB | fdB Bcd | cAF FEF |fgf edc | 
fdB BAB | fdB Bcd | cAF fge | dBB B3 :|