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MURPHY'S HORNPIPE [1] (Cornphiopa Uí Mhurchada). AKA - "Murphy's Fancy." AKA and see "Nellie Murphy’s," "Touhey's Favorite Hornpipe." Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Brody): AA'BB' (Kerr): AABBCDE (Breathnach): AABB'CCDD' (Miller): AABCCDD' (Carlin). The earliest sound recording of the hornpipe was made in 1904 by Capt. Francis O'Neill, from the tin-whistle playing of uilleann piper and vaudeville performer Patrick "Patsy" Touhey. O'Neill used a home cylinder machine. However, the hornpipe was popularized by the 1935 recording of County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman.

Sources for notated versions: Jean Carignan (Montreal, Canada) [Brody]; Michael Coleman (1891-1945, Co. Sligo/New York) [Miller & Perron]; accordion player Sonny Brogan (Ireland) [Breathnach]; Bronx-born fiddler Andy McGann (1928-2004) [Miller & Perron].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 213, p. 86. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 200. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 285, p. 160. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 4), c. 1880's; No. 280, p. 30. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 1, No. 23. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 119 (appears as "Murphy's Fancy").

Recorded sources: Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 167, Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington - "The Merry Love to Play" (2007). DECCA 2057A (78 RPM), Michael Coleman (1935). Flying Fish FF-246, The Red Clay Ramblers- "Hard Times" (1981). Folkways FW 8876, Kevin Burke- "Sweeney's Dream." Gael-Linn Records CEF 161, "Michael Coleman 1891-1945." Green Linnet SIF 1138, James Keane - "That's the Spirit." Philo FI 2018, Jean Carignan- "Plays Coleman, Morrison and Skinner" (appears as first tune of "Hornpipe Set" medley). Shanachie 29008, Frankie Gavin- "Traditional Music of Ireland." Shaskeen Records OS-360, Andy McGann, Joe Burke, Felix Dolan - "A Tribute to Michael Coleman" (c. 1965). Johnny O'Leary - "Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border." Kevin Henry - "One's Own Place-A Family Tradition."

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
Hear the tune played by fiddler Michael O'Rourke at the Comhaltas Archive [3]
Hear Patsy Touhey's tin-whistle cylinder recording at the Dunn Family Archives [4] (appears as "Touhey's Favorite Hornpipe").

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