Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on June 23rd 2003 by LH.
This tune has been added to 79 tunebooks.
Also known as City Life, The Londonbridge , O'Keefe's, Rogha An Ealaíontóra, Showman's Fancy, The Showman's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Showman's Fancy, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
FG|:AFAB A2fd|B2gf edcB|AFAB AFDF|EDEF E2DF|
AFAB A2fd|B2gf edcB|Adfa gece|1 d2dc d2FG:|2 d2dc d2cd||
|:e~e2f gece|dcde fdAd|(3gag (3fgf (3efe (3ded|c2 (3BcB AGFG|
AFAB A2fd|B2gf edcB|Adfa gece|d2dc d2cd:|
Showman's Fancy, The
I found this on the request list, hope this helps!
# Posted on June 23rd 2003 by LH
The Showman's Fancy
I saw more comments are wanted on posted tunes. Ok, I had this tune from Mike Rafferty. I really like it alot. At our house session one of the members joined in to play it on whistle and they 'slided', or whatever its called, up to the high f and the high g, things like that. It made it sound so soulful that way, I liked it even more. This is a great old tune. Is anyone else playing it?
# Posted on September 28th 2003 by LH
There is also a nice recording of this tune by accordionist Mike Shaffer on his "Mike and Merv" disk.
# Posted on July 1st 2005 by pbassnote
The Londonbridge Hornpipe
This tune can also be found in Johnny O'Leary's book - Of Sliabh Luachra.
Tune no. 106, on page 62, where it is called The Londonbridge Hornpipe.
It is also known as the 2nd of two O'Keefe Hornpipes.
# Posted on October 27th 2005 by Ptarmigan
Showman sandwiched in
Eugene O'Donnell, on his classic "Slow Air & Set Dances" recording, plays "Showman's Fancy" (though not identified as such) as 2 parts of "The Derry Hornpipe."
# Posted on February 12th 2010 by terencepatrick
"The Showman's Fancy" ~ but not the take on it given here...
The given transcription is not any version I've known for it, though close, suggestive.
This is a good approximation of the basics I play, though I have some quirky takes on it, and throw in the occassional snap, possibly borrowings from others of the lovely family of swung tunes ~
Much closer to how I've had it and played it is to be found in the lovely little collection known as "Allan's Irish Fiddler", one of the earliest collections I ever acquired, and valued, as all the transcriptions, as dots to, are decent ones, unlike some other collections I won't mention. You can find an online version of it here ~ but avoid the shight ABCs that 'Noteworthy Composer' spits out, which you'll also find here ~
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/allans.html
& dots for "The Showman's Fancy" - hornpipe
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/AAAllans/GIF/084-showmansFancy.gif
Here are ABCs for the same, not processed through the mangle of 'Noteworthy Composer'.
X: 2
T: The Showman's Fancy Hornpipe
B: “Allan's Irish Fiddler”, Mozart Allen, Glasgow, date ?, page 21, tune #84
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: DMaj
|: (3FG^G |\
A>^GA>B A>df>d | B>dg>f e>dc>B | A>^GA>B A>FD>F | E>^DE>F E2 (3FG^G |
A>^GA>B A>df>d | B>dg>f e>dc>B | A>df>d g>ec>e | d>ed>c d2 :|
|: (3cd^d |\
e>^de>f g>ec>A | d>cd>e f>dA>f | (3gag (3fgf (3efe (3ded | (3cdc (3BcB A2 (3FG^G |
A>^GA>B A>df>d | B>dg>f e>dc>B | A>df>d g>e (3cBA | d2 d>c d2 :|
Some folks avoid the accidentals in the lead-ins, for example ~
|: (3EFG |\ ~ instead of ~ |: (3FG^G |\ ~ and ~ |: (3Bcd |\ ~ instead of ~ |: (3cd^d |\
I have given some gentle variations for the last two bars, which are options for either the A or the B part, which can be played any number of ways, including as given ~
~ | A>df>d g>ec>e | d>ed>c d2 :|
~ | A>df>d g>e (3cBA | d2 d>c d2 :|
~ | A>d (3fed (3gfe (3cBA | (3ded c>e d2 :|
~ | A2 f>d g2 c>B | A>dd>c d2 :|
Though I tend to finish the tune here, I find I tend to play a higher variation on a number of the bars, but suspect they are a borrowing from elsewhere, one I'm trying to remember...
# Posted on August 8th 2010 by ceolachan