Annotation:Tansey's Favourite (2)
X: 1 T:Tansey's Favourite [2] R:Jig S:Seamus Tansey (flute) D:Clare FM broadcast. From the Miltown Malbay flute recital. H:The Tansey of the title is another Tansey, not the player. H:The transcription here is somewhat rationalised M:6/8 Z:Bernie Stocks F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/mirror/gradcenter.marlboro.edu/abc/Book4/Tanseys_Favourite.abc K:G |: BdB (3ABcA | BdB {d}B2G | BGB dBG | ABA DFA | ~B3 ~A3 | GBd g2g | edc BcA | AGF G3 :| |: dcB gdB | GBd g3 | cAc fcA | GBd g3 | BAG AGF | GBd g3 | edc BcA | AGF G3 :|
TANSEY’S FAVOURITE [2]. AKA - "Killavil Jig," "Tansey's Fancy." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. The title refers to fiddler Joe Tansey who was born at Calteraun, Gurteen, Co. Sligo. Tansey received tutelage in fiddling with his brother Bernie at the Jamesie Coleman music hall in Killavil in the early 1900s. He emigrated to New York in the early 1900s and quickly became a fixture of the Irish diaspora musical scene in the city in the early 20th century.
The titles of this tune and “Brides Favourite” were reversed on the Steeleye Span album “Below the Salt.”
