Denis Murphy’s Quirky Fling hornpipe

Also known as Time Well Spent, Tom Billy’s.

There are 2 recordings of this tune.

Denis Murphy’s Quirky Fling has been added to 3 tune sets.

Denis Murphy's Quirky Fling has been added to 11 tunebooks.

One setting

X: 1
T: Denis Murphy's Quirky Fling
R: hornpipe

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
cB|AFEF ABcA|BAcA BAcB|AFEF ABcd|(3efe (3dcB ABcB|
AFEF ABcA|BAcA BAcB|AFEF ABcd|(3efe (3dcB A4||
eac'a eac'a|eac'a babc'|eac'a eac'a|babc' a4|
eac'a eac'a|eac'a bae2|(3agf fe fecd|(3efe (3dcB A4||

Three comments

Denis Murphy’s Fling

Transcribed from Mick O’Brien & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh’s “Deadly Buzz”

Re: Denis Murphy’s Quirky Fling

Also know as “Time Well Spent”. Collected by Breandán Breathnach from Denis Murphy in the 1970’s. Denis sharpens the e when he plays the B part as a variation.

Re: Denis Murphy’s Quirky Fling

It has echoes of “Matt Dalaigh’s Slide” https://thesession.org/tunes/11169

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