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“The Murray River Jig” ~ composed by Graham Townsend
I was needing some cheering up today and turned to two musicians to do that for me, Junior Crehan and Willy Taylor. It was the needed therapy… This is a transcription from the playing of Willy Taylor… This jig is also played in A…
“The Murray River Jig” ~ composed by Graham Townsend ~ in A
X: 1
T: The Murray River Jig
C: Graham Townsend
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: A Major
|: A/B/ |
c2 c cBA | E3- E2 A/B/ | c2 c dcB | F3- F2 B/c/ |
d2 d dcB | g2 g g2 f |[1 fee e^de | fed c2 :|[2 e2 e dcB | A3- A2 ||
|: E/D/ |
CA,A, A,CE | D=G,G, G,2 B, | A,CE AGA | BEE E2 D |
CA,A, A,2 E | D=G,G, G,2 F | EAA GAB | cAA A2 :|
X: 2
T: The Murray River Jig
C: Graham Townsend
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: A Major
|: AB |
c2 c cBA | E3 EAB | c2 c dcB | F3 FBc |
d2 d dcB | g2 g g2 f |[1 fee e^de | fed c :|[2 e2 e dcB | A3 A2 ||
|: D |
C2 A, A,CE | D=G,G, G,2 B, | A,CE AGA | BEE E2 D |
C2 A, A,CE | D2 =G, G,2 F | E2 A GAB |[1 cAA A2 :|[2 cAA A- ||
X: 3
T: The Murray River Jig
C: Graham Townsend
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: A Major
|: AB |
c2 c cBA | E3 EAB | c2 c dcB | F3 FBc |
d2 d dcB | g2 g g2 f |[1 fee e^de | fed c :|[2 e2 e dcB | A3 A2 ||
|: d |
cAA AB=c | B=GG G2 F | EAA AGA | Bee e2 d |
c2 A A2 =c | B2 =G G2 F | E2 A GG/A/B |[1 cAA A2 :|[2 cAA A- ||
Named for a town on PEI it seems, not Australia’s dwindling major waterway
East of Belfast and West of Murray Harbour
Yes, but, who’s to stop the Ozites from making it their own, eh? ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_River,_Prince_Edward_Island
"Murray River Coordinates: 46°01′0″N, 62°37′0″W is a village located in Kings County in central Prince Edward Island just east of Belfast."
East of Belfast? :-/ & West of Murray Harbour! ;-)
http://www.murrayriver.com.au/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_River
A personal favorite. Glad you posted it.
Murray River
Cracker of a tune.
Of course, WT plays it as a two step rather than a jig. The Angels of the North play this a lot and we pair it with Alastair J Simm and another tune whose name escapes me for the moment. sorry. Aged parent has been here for a week and Altzheimers seems to be contagious. Its the set that is recorded on Northumberland Rant.
Noel
Willy Taylor 6/8 set (jigs / two-steps):
"Murray River" ~ by Graham Townsend
"Roland and Cynthia Taylor" ~ by Bill Black
Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on March 23rd 2007 by ceolachan.
https://thesession.org/tunes/6993
"Alistair J. Sim" ~ by Willy Taylor
Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on March 20th 2007 by ceolachan.
https://thesession.org/tunes/6974
Roland and Cynthia Taylor
I had always assumed that this was a Willy Taylor tune. Is there any evidence to prove its provenance either way?
Noel
Angels of the North
I’d take Willy’s word on it if not mine or Graham Townsend’s ~ ;-)
In Willy Taylor’s own words, track 5 on the recording ~
"Northumberland Rant"
https://thesession.org/recordings/display/2217
His introduction to this jig set…
X: 2, 3 & 4 “The Murray River Jig” ~ C: Graham Townsend
# Posted by ceolachan - May 18th, 2007