Murphy's Hound

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on March 16th 2005 by jdave.

This tune has been added to 43 tunebooks.

Also known as Kjm,mjjjkh, The Missing Guest, Murphy's Greyhound, O' Reilly's Greyhound, O'Reilly's Greyhound, Strokestown, The Strokestown, Tory Island.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Sound Skin by Junior Davey And Friends
• A Tribute To Paddy Cronin... Master Irish Fiddler by Tom Dunne
• An Bhabog Sa Bhadog by Kevin Crehan
• From Leitrim To London by Brian Rooney
• Hand-Me-Downs by Mary Rafferty
• Inside Out by Mícheál O' Raghallaigh
• Irish Times by Patrick Street
• Keelwest by Paul McGrattan
• Pigtown Fling by Randal Bays And Joel Bernstein
• The Flute Players Of Roscommon Vol 2 by Various Artists
• The Pipes Are Calling by Peter And Noel Carberry
• The Wind Among The Reeds by Tommy Keane And Jaqueline McCarthy
• Traditional Irish Music On Flute And Guitar by Jack And Jimmy Coen
• Welcome Here Again by Martin Hayes And Dennis Cahill
• Wind And Reeds by Paudie O'Connor And John O'Brien

X: 1
T: Murphy's Hound
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
edBA ~G3A|(3Bcd ef g2fg|edBA GFGA |Bded BA ~A2|
edBA ~G3A|(3Bcd ef ~g3a|bgaf gfed|egdB BA ~A2||
ea ~a2 bgag|eaaf g2fg|ea ~a2 bgag|egdB BA ~A2|
ea ~a2 bgag|egfa ~g3a|bgaf gfed|(3Bcd ef g2fg||

Murphy's Hound

I learned this great tune from Paul McGrattan's excellent Keelwest album. He plays it in between The Dispute at the Crossroads and The Satin Slipper.

# Posted on March 16th 2005 by jdave

Hi,
Check this against the Outdoor Relief that was posted recently. It's a close relative.

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4099

Jim

# Posted on March 17th 2005 by skerries

O'Reilly and Murphy

Francis O'Neill got this from Jeremiah O'Reilly, hence the title "O'Reilly's Greyhound." Breandan Breathnach published it as "Murphy's Greyhound."

# Posted on June 4th 2005 by blarneystar

Close relatives

The Flowers of Red Mill: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2867
It's a Hard Road to Travel: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4799

# Posted on January 30th 2006 by slainte

I've just found this tune is on a couple of recordings I received from Claddagh Records this morning. It's got different titles.

"Tory Island" on Brian Rooney "From Leitrim to London."
"The Stone in the Field" on Mary MacNamara "The Blackberry Blossom." (probably misnamed)

# Posted on September 20th 2006 by slainte

It's also in O'Neill's as "The Missing Guest". Fantastic tune.

# Posted on December 15th 2006 by Dr. Dow

Played by Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn as "The Strokestown"

Last tune in the set they play here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgN20aFjAWI

# Posted on February 9th 2009 by dlowder

Strange?

What's with the tittle "Kjm mjjjkh"? I thought for sure, as strange a name as that is, that there would be something in the comments section explaining it, but alas...

Anyone know???

# Posted on February 27th 2009 by MR.