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Annotation:Denis Murphy's Hornpipe
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DEN(N)IS MURPHY'S HORNPIPE. AKA - "Murphy's Hornpipe (4)." AKA and see "Cronin's Hornpipe," "Officer on Guard (The)," "Governor Taylor's March," "I Won't Be a Nun." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BBCCDD. The tune is also played as a march.
Source for notated version: Denis Murphy (west Kerry, Ireland) [Bulmer & Sharpley, Miller & Perron].
Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 1; No. 69. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 1, No. 51.
Recorded sources: Philo 10--, Boys of the Lough - "Good Friends, Good Music" (1977). Paddy Glackin & Paddy Keenan - "Doublin'" (1978). Topic 12T309, Padraig O'Keeffe, Julia Clifford & Denis Murphy - "Kerry Fiddles" (1977)
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
