Murphy's Hound

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on March 16th 2005 by jdave.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

Also known as Kjm,mjjjkh, The Missing Guest, Murphy's Greyhound, O' Reilly's Greyhound, O'Reilly's Greyhound, 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
Keelwest by Paul McGrattan
Pigtown Fling by Randal Bays And Joel Bernstein
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

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

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||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

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 Dow