Henrik Norbeck's ABC Tunes

Display tune: Little Jimmy Murphy

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From file hnsong1.abc Get ABC for this tune
X:197
T:Little Jimmy Murphy
R:song
D:The Voice Squad
D:The High Kings
Z:id:hn-song-197
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=160
K:D
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B2 B/B/B B2 | B/B/B B2 BB | BB BB B2 |
[M:2/4] AB cd |[M:3/4] e2 d3 F | A3 G E2 | D4 ||
W:'Twas down in Kilkenny the great row was making,
W:And poor little Jimmy Murphy was the lad that was taken.
W:
W:Chorus:
W:We're far from the last rout, from the East to Downpatrick,
W:Where lies poor little Jimmy Murphy on the sweet green mossy banks,
W:Skinnymalink killymajoe whiskey frisky tooraloo,
W:Rank a diddle dido ding dooral i doe.
W:
W:We marched through the town and we marched through the city,
W:With our hands tied behind us and the ladies cried "Pity."
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:Now Jimmy Murphy wasn't hanged for sheep stealing
W:But for courting a pretty maid and her name was Kate Whelan
W:
W:Chorus

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