Annotation:Flaming O'Flanigan's
X:1 T:Flaming O'Flanigan's M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C (c/d/) | efe ded | cdc ceg | abc' gfe | edd dgf | e3 dcd | cdc ceg | abc' gfe | fdB c2 :|| (g/f/) | efg g2g | g>ag abc' | gfe edc | Bcd d2g | efg g2g | g>ag abc' | g>fee dc | Bcd dgf ||
FLAMING O'FLANIGAN'S JIG. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. New York City researcher, writer and musician Don Meade finds the title to be taken from a 19th century song, with a chorus that goes:
Hooroo! Whack!
For that was the way with the Flaming O'Flannagans,
From the first illigant boys of that name;
For kissing and courting, and filling the can again,
Drinking and fighting like cocks of the game.
Hooroo! Whack!