Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on July 9th 2006 by tmcelrea.
This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.
Also known as The Mouse Behind The Dresser.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Mary O'Neill's Fancy
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
(3efg dB G2GE|DG~G2 EGBc|dBAB G2GA|Beed efge|
dBAB G2GE|DG~G2 EGBc|dBAB G2GA|Beed e2ge|
dB~B2 dBgB|dB~B2 d2ge|dB~B2 g2gd|egdB A2AB|
dB~B2 dBgf|edef g2ga|bgaf gfed|(3efg fa g2Bd||
Mary O'Neill's Fancy
This is a transcription of the third tune of the first track of Kevin and Sean Maloney's album 'Bridging the Gap.'
# Posted on July 9th 2006 by tmcelrea
It's also very close to the version played by Jerry O'Sullivan on his album 'The Invasion'
# Posted on July 10th 2006 by tmcelrea
It seems named after Francis O'Neill's daughter. Yeah, very nice one!
# Posted on July 10th 2006 by slainte
I believe the Moloneys got it off O'Neill's. Do they mention the source in the notes?
# Posted on July 10th 2006 by slainte
The notes say the following: "The third tune Kevin recalls being played in his youth. It is in O'Neill's Music of Ireland"
So, whether the Moloneys learned the tune from O'Neill's is not something I can answer. Considering his age, he may have been familiar with the tune in the 1930's and 40's, but anything more is just speculation.
However, the transcription was taken from the recording, and not from O'Neill's.
# Posted on July 10th 2006 by tmcelrea
Slainte, there seem to ba a number of tunes in O'Neills named after Francis O'Neill's relations. From what I've heard (and take this with a grain of salt) the Hornipipe 'Kit O'Mahoney's" and the reel "The Maid of Feakle" were named after his mother.
# Posted on July 10th 2006 by tmcelrea
O'Neills Version
I just looked it up in 'the big book' and the setting is very close to this one. You can find the ABC at at the O'Neill's project here:
http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/oneills/1850/F/1276-1375_to.abc
# Posted on July 11th 2006 by tmcelrea
I read in Andrew Kuntz' FC that according to Nicholas Carolan, Mary O'Neill's was named for a sister of fiddler Sergeant James O’Neill, who was Captain Francis O’Neill’s chief collaborator.
Also that it was called The Mouse Behind the Dresser by the Shaskeen ceili band.
I have the tune like this from Mike Rafferty:
d2Bd|:egdB ~G3B|D~G3 DGB2|dBAB ~G3A|Beed e2ge|
dBAB ~G3B|D~G3 DGB2|dBAB ~G3A|Beed e2ge|
|d~B3 d2ge|d~B3 d2ge|d2 Bd ~g3d|egdB ~A3B|
d~B3 d2gf|edef ~g3a|b2af gfed|egfa g2z d:||
Lesl
# Posted on July 16th 2006 by LH
Shaskeen Setting
I just went thumbing through my Shaskeen transcriptions, and indeed in is called 'The Mouse Behind the Dresser.' Also, their setting is nearly identical to this one <insert sound of hand patting on one's back>. I'll add it as an alternate title.
It can be found in recorded version on their album (surprise) 'The Mouse Behind The Dresser.' I'll check to see if it's already in the Recordings section.
The transciption can be found in their book 'The Corssroads Dance.' I'd highly reccommend picking up any of the Shaskeen recordings or books. Great stuff.
Tim
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by tmcelrea