Blackthorn Stick (1)

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Theme code Index	1H652 5L232
Also known as	Billy Patterson, Bill Patterson's Favorite, Boys of Bockhill, Boys of Rockhill, Catholic Boys (3), Coach Road to Sligo (1) (The), Eagle's Nest (The), Fire in the Valley, Fire on the Mountain (2), Fire on the Mountains (2), Hare on the Mountain (The), Humors of Bantry, Maid on the Green (The), Maiden on the Green (The), Rose on the Mountain (1) (The), Joys of Wedlock (2)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, United States
Genre/Style	Contra, English, Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	USA/New England"USA/New England" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	pp. 80 & 83
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
Artist	Biography:Jimmy Shand
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Beltona BL 2229 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1935
Media
Score ()

X:1 T:Blackthorn Stick [1] T:Coach Road to Sligo L:1/8 M:6/8 K:G gfg e/f/ge|dBG AGE|DEG AGA|BdB ABd|gfg e/f/ge|dBG AGE|DEG AGA|BGG G2:| |:d|edd gdd|edd gdd|Bdd gfe|dBG A2d|gfg age|dBG AGE|DEG AGA|BGG G2:||

BLACKTHORN STICK [1]. AKA and see "Billy Patterson," "Billy Patterson's Favorite," "Boys of Bockhill,"Boys of Rockhill," "Catholic Boys (3) (The)," "Coach Road to Sligo (1) (The)," "Eagle's Nest (The)," "Fire in the Valley," "[[Fire on the Mountain [2]]," "Hare on the Mountain (The)," "Humors of Bantry," "Maid on the Green (2) (The)," "Rose on the Mountain (1) (The)," and "Joys of Wedlock (2)." Irish (originally), English, American; Jig. G Major (Allan, Kennedy, Miller & Perron, Spandaro, Sweet): A Major (Barnes, Kerr, Raven). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Kerr): AABB (most versions). This popular tune has been absorbed into several fiddling traditions, similar to the jig "Haste to the Wedding." For example, it is one of the tunes (along with "Ten-Penny Bit" and "Connaughtman's Rambles") used to accompany English rapper sword dancing. Bayard (1981) thinks the tune "a thoroughly characteristic Irish jig, probably of no great age." Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa also known as the Europena spiny plum, is a hard wood tree or bush with small white flowers. It is reddish-black in color and has very sharp, vicious spines on the bark. Its wood is very hard, close grained and has numerous knots, and although it can be difficult to work with, it is the choice wood for canes. Modern day shillelaghs are made of blackthorn due to the long shortage of oak in Ireland, and tend to be short, stubby implements (as opposed to the old oak shillelaghs which were about three feet long). See also "Welcome Home Royal Charlie," which uses one part of "Blackthorn Stick [1]." Some general melodic contour similarities with the first strain of "O'Connell's Welcome", "O'Connell's Welcome to Parliament," or "Daniel O'Connell's Welcome to Parliament."

Source for notated version: David Street [Spandaro].

Printed sources: Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 3, p. 2. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 107. Giblin (Collection of Irish Traditional Dance Music), 1928; No. 97. Jarman (Old Tyme Fiddlin' Tunes); p. or No. 16. Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 7, p. 4. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 13, p. 37. Miller & Perron (New England Fidders Repertoire), 1983; No. 2. O'Brien (Jerry O'Brien's Accordion Instructor), 1949. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 115. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; pp. 80 & 83. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 12. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; p. 44. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964; pg. 38. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 30.

Recorded sources: Pibroch MacKenzie - "The Mull Fiddler" (1969). Bob Smith's Ideal Band - "Better than an Orchestra" (1977).

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