Thursday 19 October 2023
Tune of the Day: Miss Blair's Fancy
Traditional Scottish/Irish jig
This tune was published in a number of early 19th century Scottish collections, including volume 5 of Aird's A Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1801), McGoun's Repository of Scots and Irish Airs, Strathspeys, and Reels, etc. and The Caledonian Museum (c. 1810). About a century later, Francis O'Neill included the same melody in his celebrated The Dance Music of Ireland (1907).