Annotation:Tansey's Favourite (1)
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TANSEY’S FAVOURITE [1] (Roghe Mhic an Tánaiste). AKA and see “Bloom of Youth (The),” “Downshire Reel (1) (The),” “Gardiner's Favourite (1)," "J.J. Gardiner's.” Irish, Reel (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’B. "Tansey's Favorite" was the name south Sligo fiddler wikipedia:Paddy_Killoran (1903–1965) used for the tune on his 1934 recording, paired with "Heathery Breeze (The)" (Rising Sun) and recorded in New York. It recorded in New York, in 1927, by 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.
O’Neill prints the tune as “Bloom of Youth,” Goodman gives it as “Downshire Reel” and McNulty has it as “Gardiner’s Favourite.” Similar in parts to “Lucky in Love.”
