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X:1 T:Clancy's Frolics M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 351 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|dff fec|dBB Bcd|cAA eAA|cAA ABc| dcd gec|dBB Bcd|dfa dfa|gec d2:| |:A|dcd fed|f/g/af gec|dcd fed|cde ecA| dcd fed|f/g/af gec|dfa dfa|gec d2:||

CLANCY'S FROLICS (Sugacais Mic Flanncada). AKA and see "Sporting Boys (2) (The)." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The 'A' and 'B' parts are reversed in Flaherty from O'Neill. The first strain is also shared with "Devil in Ireland (The)", found in the music manuscript collection of English fiddler Joshua Gibbons.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - tin whistle player Jimmy McGettrick (b. 1909, Aughris, Rathmullen, Ballymote, County Sligo, Ireland) [Flaherty].

Printed sources : - Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 134. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 351, p. 72.

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