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X: 1 T: Fly By Night [2] M: 4/4 L: 1/8 Q: 325 S: Luke O'Malley vol 1 (from Andy McGann / Larry Redican) Z: Transcribed by Bill Black R: Hornpipe K: Bb B,FDB FdBf | dbag ^fgec | (3AcA FA cege | ecAF =EF_EC | B,FDB FdBf | dbag ^fgec | (3AcA FA cegf |1 ecGA B2 DC :|2 ecGA B2 AB || dc=Bc bc=Bc | dc=Bc ac=Bc | dc=Bc gc=Bc | (3bag (3f=ed c2 =Bc | dc=Bc bc=Bc | dc=Bc ac=Bc | c2 bg =ecBG | F=EFG (3FGF (3_EDC ||

FLY BY NIGHT [2]. AKA and see "Best Shot," "Lancashire Clog Hornpipe." American, Reel, Hornpipe or Clog. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The melody is in Coes Album of Jigs and Reels (1876) and Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) as a Lancashire clog. William Bradbury Ryan printed it twice in his collection, as the un-dotted "Fly By Night [2]", and as "Best Shot." O'Malley's ending for the second part came from New York fiddler Andy McGann.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - New York fiddlers Andy McGann and Larry Redican (d. 1975) [O'Malley].

Printed sources : - George H. Coes (Coes Album of Jigs and Reels for the Violin), 1876; p. 75. O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music), 1976; No. 116, p. 58. William Bradbury Ryan (Ryan's Mammoth Collection), Boston, 1883; p. 160. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 147, p. 26 (listed as a 'Clog').

Recorded sources : - Melotone M 12856 (78 RPM), Louis Quinn & James ("Lad") O'Beirne (1933. 1st tune in hornpipe set).

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