Key signature: Cmajor
Submitted on October 31st 2001 by Will CPT.
This tune has been added to 115 tunebooks.
Also known as Cunningham's Fancy, The Fisherman's Lilt, The Fishermans Lilt, Halligan's Fancy, The Kerry Man, Kerryman's Daughter, The Lilting Fisherman, The Missing , Molly, What Ails You?.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Kerryman's Daughter, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Cmaj
cA|G~E3 GAcd|egdB cAAc|G~E3 GAcd|egdB c2 cA|
|G~E3 GAcd egdB cAAc|G~E3 GAcd|egdB c3 d|
|e~g3 e~a3|gedB cAAc|e~g3 e~a3|gabg a2 ag|
|e~g3 e~a3|gedB cAAc|G~E3 GAcd|egdB c2 cA|
The Kerryman's Daughter
I learned this from the playing of Eileen Ivers. A simple, straightforward melody that doesn't need much embellishment beyond the rolls on those long g's and a's in the second half. I like to play this before Maids of Feakle, but it works well in front of any reel in G.
If your fingers wear out on the rolls, switch to triplets, but go lightly.
# Posted on October 31st 2001 by Will CPT
The Fisherman's Lilt
This is my version based on the flute playing of Scottish piper Finaly MacDonald.
|:GE E2 GAcd|edcB cA A2|GE E2 GAcd|1 edcB c3 A:|2 edcB c3 d||
|eg g2 agea|gede cA A2|eg g2 ea a2|gabg a3 g|
|eg g2 agea|gede cA A2|GE E2 GAcd|edcB c3 A||
# Posted on May 14th 2003 by slainte
The B-part gets repeated in our session.
# Posted on April 14th 2005 by Dow
Dow, you're right. The second part is usually repeated. Here's the version I play now:
K: Cmaj
G3 E GAcd | edcB cA A2 | GE ~E2 GAcd |1. edcB c3 A:|2. edcB c3 d ||
eg ~g2 ea ~a2 | gede cA A2 | eg ~g2 ea ~a2 | gabg a3 g|
eg ~g2 agea | gede cA A2 | GE ~E2 GAcd |1. edcB c3 d:|2. edcB c3 A ||
This comes from a banjo player in Yorkshire. One of many great tunes we enjoyed playing together there. Well, he's much better than I.
This is one of a very few C major tunes we can play on keyless flute. Bothy Band play it in both C and D. The first part is a little bit similar to that of a Shetland reel "Oot Be Est Da Vong," which is in D.
# Posted on April 14th 2005 by slainte
"The Kerryman's Daughter" ~ in its highland fling mode
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on October 21st 2005 by unseen122.
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# Posted on December 10th 2005 by ceolachan
In O'Neill's from Patsy Touhey, "Cunningham's Fancy." Touhey recorded it announced as "Halligan's Fancy," perhaps he'd change the name for each customer buying his homemade cylinder recordings.
Was suprised to find out that this is the same melody as the Banks of Inverness, the first two parts of the Siege of Ennis (from Roche's collection), the tunes of the songs Paddy Doyle/Doran's Ass/Mo Ghile Mear. The jig Port tsean-Sean (Old John's) is the same in 6/8. Kerryman's Daughter was Coleman's title.
# Posted on February 18th 2007 by Kevin Rietmann
There's a missing bar line between the fifth and sixth measure in this version of the ABC, if I'm not mistaken. This should fix it:
K: Cmaj
cA|G~E3 GAcd|egdB cAAc|G~E3 GAcd|egdB c2 cA|
|G~E3 GAcd|egdB cAAc|G~E3 GAcd|egdB c3 d|
|e~g3 e~a3|gedB cAAc|e~g3 e~a3|gabg a2 ag|
|e~g3 e~a3|gedB cAAc|G~E3 GAcd|egdB c2 cA|
# Posted on October 24th 2007 by Stevie D