Annotation:McGibbney's Fancy

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McGIBBNEY'S FANCY. AKA - "McGivney's Fancy," "McGibbney's Hornpipe." AKA and see "Cuckoo's Nest," "Eamonn McGivney's," "Jacky Tar," "Mower (The)," "Spealadóir (An)." Irish, Hornpipe. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune, remarks Paul de Grae, was "named for Eamonn McGivney, Clare-based fiddler and the subject of the comic song "The Ordnance Survey Man" (his day job)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 38 (appears as "Eamonn McGivney's").

Recorded sources: Shanachie 29015, Paddy O'Brien. Shanachie 34014, John Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule - "Traditional Music of Ireland" (1981).

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