Annotation:Paddy Finley's Fancy Reel

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PADDY FINLEY'S FANCY REEL. AKA - "Paddy Finlay's Favourite." AKA and see "Galway Rambler (The)," "Lord Wellington (1)," "Tiarna Wellington." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The name comes from fiddler Hugh Gillespie’s 1938 recording of the tune usually known nowadays as “The Galway Rambler.” Finley was a piccolo player who made a 78 RPM recording in 1927 with County Sligo-born fiddler Michael Coleman ("Old Man’s Fancy" and "Kerrigan’s Favourite"/"Kesh (The)"). Compare also the first strains of “Fairy Hurlers (The)” and “Walsh’s Favourite.”

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 217, p. 127.

Recorded sources: Coleman Music Center CHC 009, Charlie Higgins & Jack Dolan – “The Coleman Archive, vol. 2: The Home Place” (2005. Various artists). Green Linnet CD3066, Hugh Gillespie.



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