Annotation:Tom Billy Murphy's Jig

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TOM BILLY MURPHY'S. AKA and see "Pádraig O'Keeffe's Jig," “Sheehan's Jig," "Tom Busby's (2)." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Source O’Leary remarked that Kerry musician Tom Billy Murphy had a vast repertoire, a “world of music”: “Padraig (O’Keeffe) got all his music from Tom Billy. Poor Tom wouldn’t see him at all, Padraig taking it down shorthand” (Moylan). This tune was often paired with “Hennigan's Favourite” by O’Leary. See also the related “Jackson's Post-Chaise.”

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan].

Printed sources : - Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 182, p. 105.

Recorded sources : -

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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