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Murphy Delaney
X:1 T:Murphy Delany M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. 1 (c. 1805) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D/E/ | G3G3 | GAG Bcd | G2G GFG | EAG FED | G3G3 | GAG Bcd | ege dcB | ABG FED :| |: B2d ded | dgd dcB | c2e efe | ege edc | B2d ded | dgd def | gfe dcB | ABG FED :|]
X:1
T:Murphy Delaney
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig & Country Dance Tune
B:Thompson’s Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year
B:1805 (London, p. 7)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
{c}B>AB {c}B>AB|{c}BAB def|fdB BAB|GcB AGF|
{c}B>AB {c}B>AB|{c}B>AB def|gab fed|cdB AGF:|
|:def fgf|fgf fed|efg gag|gag gfe|
def fgf|fgf fga|bag fed|cdB AGF:|
X:2
T:Murphy Delaney
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air and Jig
S:Gow - 3rd Repository (1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
B3 {AB}B3 {AB}|BAB def|B3 {AB} B3 {AB}|BAB def|g>ab fed|cdB cAF:|
|:d>ef fgf|fgf fed|~e>fg gag|gag gfe|
~d>ef fgf|fgf fga|bag fed|cdB cAF:|
X:3
T:Murphy Delaney
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Button & Whitaker's Selection of Dances, Reels, Waltzes No. 1 (undated, early 19th
S:century)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
BAB BAB| BAB def | BAB BAB | cdB AGF |
BAB BAB | BAB def | gab fed | cdB AGF :|
|: def fgf | fgf fed | efg g_ag | g_ag gfe |
def fgf | fgf fga |bag fed | cdB AGF :|]
X:1
T:Murphey Dellany
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:”the 3rd Strain by William Morrison.”
N:”Tune may be played for a Bumpkin.”
B:William Morrison - Collection of Highland music, consisting of
B:strathspeys, reels, marches, waltzes & slow airs (c. 1813, p. 22)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
F|:TB3 {AB}TB3|{AB}TBAB def|TB3 {AB}TB3|{AB}GcB {B}AGF|
TB3 {AB}TB3|{AB}B3 {AB}def|gab {g}fed|cdB cAF:|
|:(de)f fgf|(f>g)f fed|(ef)g gag|(ga)g gfe|
(de)f fgf|(fg)f fga|bag fed|cdB cAF:|
dBB fBB|gBB fBB|dBB fBB|cdB cAF|
dBB fBB|gBB fga|bag fed|cdB cAF|
dBB fBB|gBB fBB|dBB fBB|cdB cAF|
dBB bBB|aBB gBa|bag fed|cdB cAF||
X:24
T:Murphy Delany. MBe.24
A:England;Cumbria;Towcett
B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815
Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
R:
C:in margin-'Matthew Betham Towcett'
K:G
"G" GFG GFG| "D" GFG Bcd| "G" GFG GFG| "D" ABG FED|
"G" GFG GFG| "D" GFG Bcd| "C" efg dcB| "D" ABA FED:|
|: "Em" Bcd ded| "Em" ded dcB| "D" cde efe| "Em" efe edc|
"Em" Bcd ded| "D" ded def| "C" gfe dcB| "D" ABG FED:|
X:4
T:Murphy Delaney
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:John Moore (b. 1819) music manuscript collection (mid-19th century)
K:G
GFG GFG|GFG Bcd|GFG GFG|ABG FED|
GFG GFG GFG Bcd|efg dcB|ABG FED||
Bcd ded|ded dcB|cde efe|efe edc|
Bcd ded|ded def|gfe dcB|ABG FED||
X:1
T:Murphy Delaney
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs,
B:book 5 (1844-45, p. 20)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
F|{c}TB3 TB3|{c}BAB def|{c}TB3 {c}B3|GcB AGF|
{c}TB3 {c}TB3|{c}BAB def|gab fed|cdB AGF:|
|:def fgf|fgf fed|efg gag|gag gfe|
def fgf|fgf fga|bag fed|cdB AGF:|]
X:5
T:Murphy Delaney
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Surenne - Songs of Ireland without Words (1854, p. 63)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
B3B3|B>cB d>ef|B3 {c}B>AB|G>cB A>GF|
B3 B3|B>cB d>ef|g>ab fed|c>dB A>GF||
d>ef fff|f<bf fed|e>fg ggg|(g<b)g gfe|
d>ef f>ff|f>gf fga|bag fed|c>dB A>GF||
B3B3|B>cB d>ef|B3 {c}BAB|G>cB AGF|
B3 B3|B>cB d>ef|g>ab f>ed|c>dB A>GF||
X:1
T:Murphy Delaney
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:”A favorite Dance.”
O:”Irish”
B:Two New Strathspeys and a Reel, composed by M. Keith (Glasgow, c. 1860, p. 3)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
TB3- {A}TB3-{AB}|TBAB def|TB3-{AB} TB3-{AB}|GcB AGF|
TB3- {A}TB3-{AB}|TBAB def|g>ab fed|cdB AGF:|
~def fgf|fgf fed|efg gag|gag gfe|
def fgf|fgf fga|bag fed|cdB AGF|
X:5
T:Murphy Delaney
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Hughes - Gems from the Emerald Isles (London, 1867, No. 69, p. 17)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
c3c3|c>dc c>eg|c3 {d}c>Bc|Bdc BAG|
c3c3|c>dc e>fg|a>bc' gfe|d>ec BAG:|
|:e>fg ggg|(gc')g gfe|f>ga aaa|(a<c')a agf|
e>fg ggg|g>ag gab|c'ba gfe|d>ec BAG!D.C.!:|]
X:1
T:Untitled
N:c.f. The Miser, Murphy Delaney,
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 3, c. 1883, No. 142, p. 47)
B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=46&z=173.9412%2C408.5592%2C3098.831%2C1290.4289
N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from
N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2G G2G|BAG Bcd|GGG GGG|EAG FED|
G2G G2G |BAG Bcd|efg dcB|ABG FED:|
|:Bcd dBd|dBd dcB|cde ece|ece edc|
Bcd dBd|dBd def|gfe dcB|ABG FED:|]
