Annotation:Murphy Reel (The)
X:1 T:Murphy Reel, The S:From a home recording of fiddler Erskine Morris (1913-1997), S:originally from Douglastown, eastern Gaspé, Québec. It is S:a version of Michael Coleman's "Crowley's (2)". M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D D2 dc d2FA||SdAcA BGzB|BGAG F[FA][F2A2]|(3EFE A>G F-DDA| d2 de dAFA|dAcA- BGGB|G2BG FA[F2A2]|EEA>G FD-De|| (3fgf ec dfce|dB{c}BA BGGB|BGAG FA F2|1,2(3EFE AG FDDe:| |3 (3EFE AG FDDA||d2 de dAFAS||
MURPHY REEL, THE. AKA and see "Crowley's (2)." Canadian, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABBB'. "The Murphy Reel" is fiddler Erskine Morris's version of "Crowley's (2)," a reel famously recorded in 1935 by County Sligo fiddle master wikipedia:Michael_Coleman_(fiddler) as the second in a set of reels labelled "Crowley's". Morris (1913-1977) was originally from Douglastown, eastern Gaspé, Québec.
