Annotation:York Fancy (The)
X:1 T:York Fancy, The M:C L:1/8 R: Reel B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 541, p. 206) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D ddde cAAc|ddde Tc2 de|fdec dBAF|GEEF G2 FE:| |:DDDF EEEF|DDDF A2d2|DDDF EEEc|dBAF G2 FE:| |:fddf geeg|fafd cecA|fddf geeg|fa Ac d2d2:|
YORK FANCY, THE. Scottish, Reel (whole and cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Fr. John Quinn finds a derivative but cognate version in Maurice Hime's Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never before Printed" (1804) as "Follow Me Lads."
