The Murray River jig

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…

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

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.

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

"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

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

In Willy Taylor’s own words, track 5 on the recording ~

"Northumberland Rant"
https://thesession.org/recordings/2217

His introduction to this jig set…

# Posted by ceolachan - May 18th, 2007

Chloe Jones & Ali Say play Murray River Jig (c Graham Townsend)/ Alistair J Sim (c. Willy Taylor), lockdown zooming for the Tyneside Fiddle Alliance, June 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlrTxHQAEs0

play video

for
http://tynesidefiddlealliance.org.uk/

Same set as noted by Noel Jackson 13 years ago.

From the above-mentioned youtube video from the Tyneside Fiddle Alliance.