Denis Murphy's Polka
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Denis Murphy's Polka" is also known as "The Boston", "Charley O’Leary’s<br> Favourite", "The Connemara", Sweeney’s, and Teehan’s.<br> Denis Murphy (1910-1974) was born to musical family in an area called<br> Sliabh Luachra. It is a region at the intersection of three counties,<br> Cork, Kerry, and Limerick; and it well-known for its identifiable musical<br> style and for producing some of the great southern Irish players.<br> Denis Murphy, born on the Kerry side is a fiddler known for a great<br> pulsing rhythm and clear ornaments. He lived in the U.S. for a while,<br> from the 1930’s to around 1964 when he moved back to Ireland.<br> This polka may have been his composition or may be a tune that he played or<br> taught without giving it a name that came to have his name attached to it<br> (like "Sarah Armstrong's Tune" in the Legacies section - she called it simply<br> "An old reel" and her name got attached to it).<br> It has been recorded by Planxty and several other Irish groups.<br>
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