Annotation:Betty's Fancy (2)

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BETTY'S FANCY [2]. AKA and see "John McNeil's Reel," "Big John McNeil," "Big John McNeill," "Big John McNeal," "Lord Ramsey's Reel (4)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The melody, the Scottish tune "John MacNeil," was named "Betty's Fancy" on a Sean Maguire recording of the mid-1960's.

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Recorded sources: Viva W103, Sean McGuire - "Irish Jigs and Reels" (c. 1960's, a reissue of "Sean Maguire Plays," the first recording of McGuire that Josephine Keegan accompanied on piano).

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