Annotation:Peter Kennedy's Fancy

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PETER KENNEDY'S FANCY (Roga Peadar Uí Ceinneidig). AKA and see “Red-Haired Lass (The).” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'B (O'Neill/Krassen).

Source for notated version: fiddler Nellie Kennedy (Chicago) whose brother, fiddler James Kennedy also contributed to O’Neill’s collection, and whose father was a County Leitrim fiddler of local renown from whom she learned this tune [O’Neill].

Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 110. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1275, p. 240. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 543, p. 101.

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