The Sheik's Fancy

polka

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on June 1st 2008 by jakep.

This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.

Also known as All The Way To Galway.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Bohola by Bohola
• Buried Treasure Of The Toucan Pirates by Toucan Pirates
• Fidil by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh And Aidan O'Donnell
• The Compositions Of Paddy O'Brien by Eileen O'Brien And Willie Fogarty
• They Sailed Away From Dublin Bay by Liam Farrell And Joe Whelan

X: 1
T: Sheik's Fancy, The
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmix
|: A>G FD | d>e fd | cA A/B/A/G/ | EF G2 |
A>G FD | d>e fd | cA GA/G/ | FD D2 :|
[| fd dA | d/e/f/g/ a>f | ge e>d | ^c/d/e/f/ ge |
fd dA | d/e/f/g/ a>f | ge a>g | fd de |
fd dA | d/e/f/g/ a>f | ge e>d | ^c/d/e/f/ ge |
de/d/ cA | GF/G/ A>B | cA GA/G/ | FD D2 |]

The Sheik's Fancy

This tune was written by Paddy O'Brien, and I learnt it from Liam Farrell and Joe Whelan's CD where it is called All The Way To Galway.

# Posted on June 1st 2008 by jakep

"The Compositions of Paddy O'Brien" - of Nenagh, County Tipperary

J.D.C. Publications Ltd., 1992

page 32: Polkas ~ "The Sheik's Fancy"

# Posted on June 4th 2008 by ceolachan