Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on September 6th 2006 by Kenny.
This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Limerick, The
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Gmaj
DEF GAB e2 ^c A2 G | FAF EFE DFA d2 A |
DEF GAB e2 ^c A2 G | FGF DEF G3 G3 :|
BcB B2 A BcB B2 A | G3 BAG A2 G E2 D |
BcB B2 A BcB B3 | GFE FED B3 B3 |
The Limerick
This is a very odd tune, from Paddy Taylor’s “Boy In The Gap” LP on the Claddagh label. It is basically 2 blocks of 4 bars of music, let’s refer to them as A and B. The first time through, Paddy plays AABA, but if he were to repeat this, the A part would be played 3 times in a row – a bit boring. So he subsequently plays the A part only twice before going on to the B part again, which effectively makes the tune AAB = 12 bars of music, not 16 as would be expected. I’ve transcribed it as 12 bars. This tune, with Paddy Taylor’s recording as the source, has been included in Breandan Breathnach’s 3rd volume of “Ceol Rince na hEireann” as AABA, but as he tended to transcribe his tunes from 1 unique rendition of a tune only, I think he’s taken Paddy’s playing of it the first time round , without referring to how he plays it the 2nd and 3rd times. To further confuse things, he finishes off with the A part.
# Posted on September 6th 2006 by Kenny
"Taylor's Fancy" ~ #1 of 2 in a set by Paddy Taylor
Submitted on August 28th 2006 by Kenny.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6141
# Posted on October 12th 2006 by ceolachan