X:1
T:Fox on the Town, The
T:Richard Dwyer's [2]
T:Finbar Dwyers [4]
D:Liz Carroll and Tommy Maguire, Kiss Me Kate
N:played in E on that album;
N:their source was "a tin whistle player an old tape"
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
gf | gedB eBdB | G2 BG dGBd | gedB ~e3 f | g2 ag efga |
beeg edBA | G2 BG dGBd | efgb afdf | gbaf g2 :: ga |
beed e2 ge | edBe dega | beed e2 ge | dgfa g2 ba |
gage dedB | G2 BG dGBd | efgb afdf | gbaf g2 :|*
FOX ON THE TOWN. AKA and see "Finbarr Dwyer's (4)," "Richard Dwyer's (2)]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Richard Dwyer (although occasionally credited to brother Finbarr Dwyer, 1946-2014), born in Cailroe, a town land in the Beara Peninsula, West Cork.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Printed sources : - Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 8, p. 3 (as "Richard Dwyer's"). Vallely (Armagh Pipers Club Play 50 Reels), 1982; No. 24, p. 13.
Recorded sources : - Carol 1108, Matt Molloy - “Shadows on Stone.” Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaillie - "Crosswinds" (1987). Green Linnett SIF1142, Joanie Madden - “A Whistle in the Wind.”
See also listing at : Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]