Annotation:Lovely Nancy (2)
LOVELY NANCY [2]. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The Folktrax recording (FTX-376) of Belfast fiddler Sean Maguire's father, Sean Maguire Sr., give that he:
...was born 1889 at Mullagh-hoarn, Co. Cavan, learned to play the fiddle and flute from his father, a farmer, well respected locally for his music and as a player at local dances. His mother was Rose Brennan, who excelled as a "lilter" (making mouth-music). Sean's sister, who went to America, played fiddle left-handed. Sean only once went over to England, when he traveled with Malachy Sweeney's Ceilidhe Band in 1949. When recorded in 1952 he was still working as a labourer at the Gas Dept. of Belfast Corporation.
