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YOUNG TIM MURPHY (Teige/Tadg Og Ua Murcada). AKA and see “Faraway Wedding (2),” “Kitty Lie Over,” “Paddy’s Return (1),” “Patsy McCann’s,” “What’ll I do if the Kettle Boils Over (2).” Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’B (Moylan): AABB (O’Neill). Editor Moylan points out this is the tune usually associated with the verse “What would you do if the kettle boiled over,” and states that Seamus Ennis and Elizabeth Cronin both sang the song to this air.

Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded at Na Piobairi Uilleann, October, 1984 [Moylan].

Printed sources: Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1976; No. 101 (appears as untitled jig). Moylan (Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 139, p. 81. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 38. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 883, p. 164. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 134, p. 37.

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