The Showman's Fancy

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on June 23rd 2003 by LH.

This tune has been added to 68 tunebooks.

Also known as The Londonbridge , O'Keefe's, Showman's Fancy.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 40 Years Reunion by The Dubliners
• Banish Misfortune by Malcolm Dalglish And Grey Larsen
• Bümpliz Süd by An Lar
• Bridgetown by Johnny B. Connolly
• Ceol Mor by Ceol Mor
• Cold In April by Mat Walklate
• Coppers And Brass by Dick Gaughan
• Craic Of Dawn by An Tor
• Cronin And Burke by Johnny Cronin And Joe Burke
• Culann's Hounds by Culann's Hounds
• D Is For Dulcimer by Glenn Morgan
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 1 by Matt Cunningham
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 4 by Matt Cunningham
• Dawn In The Hills Of Ireland by Marty O'Keefe
• Eavesdropper by Kevin Burke And Jackie Daly
• Elftones by The Elftones
• Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Gaelic Roots by Various Artists
• In Company by Tom Walsh
• Irish Accordion by Joe Derrane
• Irlande by Frankie Gavin, Arty Mc Glynn And Aidan Coffey
• Memoire Celte, Vol. 2 by Broken String
• Milestone At The Garden by Irish Fiddle Masters From The 78 RPM Era
• Music For The Set by Johnny O'Leary
• No Compromise by Andrew MacNamara
• One And All: The Best Of Cherish The Ladies by Cherish The Ladies
• Out And About by Cherish The Ladies
• Passing Time by Mary And Jim Coogan
• Selkie by Mick Conneely
• Streetlife by Patrick Street
• Tempered by Last Night's Fun
• The Best Of De Danann by De Danann
• The Chieftains 4 by The Chieftains
• The Gallowglass Ceili Band by The Gallowglass Ceili Band
• The Green Fields Of Ireland by Comhaltas Tour Group 1979
• The Green Mountain by Pat O'Connor
• The Long Finger by Barry Carroll And Joe McHugh
• The Mist Covered Mountain by De Danann
• The Professor by James Morrison
• The Reel Of Tulloch by Doug MacPhee
• The Road To Riley by Riley School Of Irish Music
• Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Frank Cassidy
• Traditional Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
• Traditional Irish Music by Setanta
• Tread by Tread
• Turning The Tune by Charlie Lennon
• Whistle O'er The Lave O't by Alex Green

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