The Sligo Fancy

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on January 15th 2002 by Atk.

This tune has been added to 42 tunebooks.

Also known as The Flowers Of Antrim, The Marquis Of Lorne, Newry, Newry Highwayman.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Man Apart by Sean Maguire
• Athens Hotel by Colcannon
• Devenish by Mick Heffernan, Niall O'Callanain, Brid Donnelly And Cillian O'Briann
• Eleven by Troy MacGillivray
• Flute For The Feis by John Doonan
• Fortune Favours The Merry by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• Reunion by Solas
• Setting Free by Tola Custy And Cyril O'Donoghue
• The Ballydesmond Polka by Dan Herlihy And John Drew
• The Gallowglass Ceili Band by The Gallowglass Ceili Band
• Water From The Well by The Chieftains
• Wound Up by Deirin De

X: 1
T: Sligo Fancy, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
(b>a)| g>fg>e B2e>d|c>Bc>A E2A>G|F>GA>B c>de>f|(3gba (3gfe d2 b>a|
g>fg>e B2e>d|c>Bc>A E2 (A>G)|F>GA>B c>de>f|g2b2g2:|
|:B>c|d>Bg>B d>gB>c|(3dcB g>B d2 c>B|c>Af>A c>fA>B|(3cBA f>A c2 (B>c)|
d>Bg>B d>gB>c|(3dcB g>Bd2 c>B|c>Aa>g f>de>f|g2b2g2:||

The Marquis of Lorne / The Flowers of Antrim

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1261

# Posted on June 4th 2005 by ceolachan

I am quite sure this is not the newry highwayman that solas plays.

# Posted on April 22nd 2007 by Osher

Definately not the same as Solas'... Then again the Solas track is a song with not much instrument melody in it?

# Posted on April 24th 2007 by youshouldneverthrowacat

I keep hearing a Dmaj setting of this with Cnats in the B-part in my local session. That setting seems to go by the name of McDermott's #2. I was pleased to see it posted here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5131. They're obviously derivative of each other, but the versions aren't compatible in a session, even if you transpose.

# Posted on October 4th 2007 by Dow