Annotation:O'Carolan's Fancy (1)

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O'CAROLAN'S FANCY [1]. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The tune was composed by 20th century Irish musician Joseph Crofts, who published it in Walton’s Irish Dance Music: Including Original Tunes by J.M. Crofts A.D.C.M., Part Three (Dublin). Crofts also composed the tunes "Galloping Hogan," "Dancing Tailor (The)," and "Rosemary Lane."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Doyle (Plain Brown Tune Book), 1997; p. 5. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 6, p. 2. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 84, p. 61.

Recorded sources: Blizzard Records 203, Joe Ross & Janet Naylor - "The Harper's Reverie" (1999). Claddagh CC-24, Derek Bell - "Music of O'Carolan, vol. 2, O'Carolan's Favourite." Topic/Free Reed 12TFRS501, Alistair Anderson - "Concertina Workshop" (1974).