Annotation:Kitty O'Neill (4)
X:1 T:Kitty O'Neill [4] M:4/4 L:1/8 S:Capt. F. O'Neill Z:Paul Kinder R:Reel K:G BA|:G2 DG E2 DE|GFGA Bd d2|edcB cBAF|1 GBAG E2 DE :|2 GBAF G2 z2 || Bdde d2 BA|Bddf ef g2|Bdde d2 B2|cABG EG D2| Bdde d2 BA|Bddf ef g2|gfge d2 B2 | cABG EG G2 ||
KITTY O'NEILL [4]. AKA and see "Johnny Cronin's Fancy," "Johnny Cronin's Reel," "Cronin's Reel (1)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. No relation to "Kitty O'Neill (3)." It does, however, resemble "Kitty Sharpe's Champion" aka "Everybody's Fancy." Possibly, O'Neill confused the names of the two sand jigs in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) when he published this reel-time setting. A version of the melody can also be found in Harding's Original Collection (1928) set as an untitled dotted-rhythm "straight jig", akin to a hornpipe. O'Neill did not cite a source for the tune, and the provenance may not be Irish.
