Tim Hicks & Alan Doyle - The Night Patty Murphy Died

Tim Hicks and Alan Doyle "The Night Patty Murphy Died"
https://rgk.lnk.to/TNPMD
(Open Road Music, Inc.)

Directed by Shehab Illyas
Production: Skylab Productions
Filmed at The Sonic Temple in Halifax, NS.

Tim Hicks and Alan Doyle have teamed up on a brand new version of the Newfoundland folk classic ‘The Night Patty Murphy Died' just in time for St. Patrick's Day.

The song has been recorded by numerous artists, including Alan Doyle's Great Big Sea on their 1997 and 2000 albums Play and Road Rage ("The Night Pat Murphy Died"). Tim & Alan aimed to make a version that showcased some of Tim’s rock influences while keeping with the traditional sounds of the East Coast. ‘The Night Patty Murphy Died' by Tim Hicks and Alan Doyle is available now.

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Hicks continues to lead the way, expanding the songwriting and style that helped define today’s country music. The platinum selling entertainer is a “true star on the Canadian country music scene” (GoBe Weekly), “proving he knows how to tailor his songs to his ever-expanding audience” and commemorating his wide-open sound as one of the defining influences on today’s Canadian County Music.

"The Night Patty Murphy Died" (Traditional, Arranged by Alan Doyle and Tim Hicks)
© Skinner’s Hill Music Ltd (SOCAN), administered by Kobalt Music Group Ltd. / Tim Hicks Music (SOCAN)

Oh the night that Patty Murphy died, is a night I'll never forget
Some of the boys got loaded drunk, and they ain't got sober yet;
As long as a bottle was passed around every man was feelin' gay
O'Leary came with the bag pipes, some music for to play

Chorus
That's how they showed their respect for Patty Murphy
That's how they showed their honour and their pride;
They said it was a sin and shame and they winked at one another
And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died

As Mrs. Murphy sat in the corner pouring out her grief
Kelly and his gang came tearing down the street
They went into an empty room and a bottle of whiskey stole
They put the bottle with the corpse to keep that whiskey cold

Chorus

About two o'clock in the morning after emptying the jug
Doyle lifts up the ice box lid to see poor Patty's mug
They stopped the clock so Mrs. Murphy couldn't tell the time
And at a quarter after two they argued it was nine

Chorus

They stopped the hearse on George Street outside Sundance Saloon
They all went in at half past eight and staggered out at noon
They went up to the graveyard, so holy and sublime
Found out when they got there, they'd left the corpse behind!

Chorus

Oh the night that Patty Murphy died, is a night I'll never forget
Well, some of the boys got loaded drunk and they ain't been sober yet;
As long as a bottle was passed around every man was feelin' gay
O'Leary came with the bagpipes, some music for to play

Chorus x2

And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died

This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.