The Kerryman's Daughter
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Kerryman's Daughter", also known as "Cunningham's Fancy",<br> "Fisherman's Lilt", "Funny Eye", "You're Right My Love", "Molly What Ails<br> You?", "The Pretty Girls of the Village", "Lady Mary Lindsay", "Michael<br> Coleman's Dream" or "The Siege of Ennis" is an Irish reel in C Major.<br> The parts are played AB (Armagh Pipers) or AABB (Brody, Miller & Perron,<br> O'Neill/Krassen).<br> The tune was recorded under this title by County Sligo fiddle great Michael<br> Coleman (1891-1945) in New York in 1927. It is also set as a polka and is<br> familiar as part of the ceili dance "The Siege of Ennis". The 'B' part is<br> melodically similar to<br> "Billy in the Lowground".<br> It was printed in Armagh Piper's Club - Play 50 Reels (1982),<br> Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> Miller & Perron's Irish Traditional Fiddle Music (1977),<br> Miller & Perron's Irish Traditional Fiddle Music 2nd Edition (2006),<br> O'Neill (Krassen) (1976).<br> It was recorded by Eileen Ivers and Mick Moloney on Irish Music: The Living<br> Tradition, vol. 2,<br> Eileen Ivers on Eileen Ivers (1994),<br> Michael Coleman on The Musical Glory of Old Sligo (1967),<br> Jean Carignan on Jean Carignan and<br> Michael Coleman on The Legacy of Michael Coleman.<br>
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