Annotation:Showman's Fancy
X:1 T:Showman’s Fancy M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Roche – Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 2, No. 203 (1912) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F>G|A>^GA>B A>df>d|B>Bg>f e>dc>B|A>^GA>B A>df>d|(3BcA (3GAF E2 F>G| A>^GA<B A<df<d|B>Bg>f e>dc>B|A>df>a g>ec>A|d2d2d2:| |:cd|e>^de>f g>ec2|d>cd>e f>dA2|(3gag (3fgf (3efe d2|(3cdc (3BcB A2 F>G| A>^GA>B A>df>d|B>Bg>f e>dc>B|A>af>d B>ge>c|d2 d>d d2:|
SHOWMAN'S FANCY. AKA and see “City Life,” “Londonbridge Hornpipe (The),” “O'Keeffe's Hornpipe (2),” "Sweep's Hornpipe (The)," “Violetta Hornpipe.” Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears under the titles “City Life—a Clog” and “Violetta” in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883). The tune was recorded by James Morrison, Ed Reavy and others in the 78 RPM era, according to Philippe Varlet. An elaborate version of “Showman’s Fancy” appears in Boston button accordion player Jerry O’Brien’s Irish Folk Dance Music, a version which contains both parts of another tune, “St. Johnston’s,” as well. Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].