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[David Foster]

Hi can anyone help I am wanting tk lear the tune to London your a lady which the pogues recorded. I dont know the real name of the tune which is mainly heard at the end of the song. I would love to play this on my dg melodeon.i saw a guy at whitby folk fest play it a coille of years ago it sounded great but i dont know what key it was either.
Thanks all Dave Foster

[penn]

It’s Planxty Fanny Power by Carolan. It sounds a bit like what I know as the B part, but I probably play it wrong too.
Gren

[Lester]

https://lesters-tune-a-day.blogspot.com/2013/03/tune-200-planxty-fanny-power.html

[deltasalmon]

My midi player in ABC isn't working well so I'm not 100% confident of the chords but the melody should be right:

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X: 1
T: London You're a Lady
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: C
"C"g2efg2|g2efg2|c2>dc2|c2e2g2|
"F"a2fga2|a2fga2|"G"d2>ed2|d2e2g2|
"C"e2>fg2|"F"a2>bc'2|"C"b2c'2d'2|"G"g4f2|
"C"e2>dc2|"F"f2>ed2|"C"c4B2|"G"c6|
It's played in C on the album but if you were playing on a D/G box you'd probably want it in D:

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X: 1
T: London You're a Lady
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:D
"D"a2fga2|a2fga2|d2>ed2|d2f2a2|
"G"b2gab2|b2gab2|"A"e2>fe2|e2f2a2|
"D"f2>ga2|"G"b2>c'd'2|"D"c'2d'2e'2|"A"a4g2|
"D"f2>ed2|"G"g2>fe2|"D"d4c2|"A"d6|

[Tone Dumb Greg]

Down our way, it's often followed by Planxty Irwin (not my favourite tune, these days. Strangely, I used to love it) and then the South Wind (which I still enjoy playing) and, sometimes, Albert's Last Dance.

[David Foster]

Thank you I will look into your advise
Dave