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Murphy's Running Dog

from The Wedding Above In Glencree by Daoiri Farrell

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Originating from County Wexford, Murphy’s Running Dog was actually a Jack Russell rather than the expected greyhound, as racing Jack Russells was a local sport. I love this song but it’s also included here as I have my own small tradition that has seen me feature a song about dogs on all of my albums to date.

lyrics

01
Ah me usual occupation is to mould and temper clay
Last year I turned to betting and I found it wouldn’t pay
I ran me dog in Wexford Park and I ran him in Ballystraw
In the latter place he lost the race for he stopped to lick his paw
I ran him in Kilkenny and I ran him in Tralee
I ran him in Enniscorty and again in Carbury
He won a race in Thurles and he lost one in Athlone
He’d have ran away with the race that day though he stopped to
lick a bone

Chorus
Bad luck to gambling I’m in an awful fix
And out of four pound six and eight pence all I have is one and six
We‘ll go in to Shea’s or Kenny’s and we’ll drink a glass of grog
And we’ll go home by Dunbrody singing Murphy’s running dog

02
I ran me dog in Liverpool and I ran him in Listowel
In the Edenderry Mill Stakes sure he came home in a stroll
Oh and on Roscommon’s clotty sod no winning form he found
For those western dogs had cut out clogs and they ran him in the ground
Oh I ran me dog in Dublin on the 23rd of June
And as I brought him to the slip he licked the magic spoon
Not even Johnson’s motor car could pass him out that day
And we drank fifty pints of Guinness stout before we went away

Chorus

03
Oh you’ll hear him yell a mile away when he is in the slips
And when the hare he sees he’ll shake his knees and then he’ll smack
his lips
Oh I think Campile’s about a mile and if my dog don’t lose
Well it’s off we’ll start to Matty Harte’s where we’ll go on the booze
And we’ll ask for two half barrels to be tapped upon the bridge
And there upon the wall we’ll drink it all from there we will not budge
And we’ll drink a praise to Wexford’s craze of Cherry’s beer and grog
And we’ll drown all cares I do declare with Murphy’s running dog

Chorus

04
Andy Barton’s Biddy The Nailer, it’s manys the race he’s ran
And on the wet North Slob so help me Bob t’was there my dog first won
And when Mr. Bob yolked up his car home from Wexford he did jog
Oh well every hare I do declare was picked up by my dog
Now I hope you’re not offended by these few lines written here
I hope to see the old committee and the stewards do well next year
Bring your true love to Kilmarnock boys and if my greyhound wins
Well we’ll dance all night ‘til the broad daylight in Costello’s of Saltmills

Chorus

credits

from The Wedding Above In Glencree, released February 24, 2023
Vocals - Daoirí Farrell

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It’s commonly accepted that Dublin-born singer and bouzouki player Daoirí Farrell is one of most important singers to come out of Ireland in recent years. A product of Dublin’s famous club An Góilin Traditional Singers, since launching his own solo live career at the 2016 Celtic Connections, Daoirí has gone from strength to strength seeing him tour and play festival stages across the world. ... more

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