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STRONE JOHNNY. AKA and see “The Blackthorn,” "The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick," "Clear the Road," “The Countess of Louden(’s Reel),” "Inch of Garth" “Jack McGuire,” "The Jolly Clam-Diggers," “Old Blackthorn (The),” "The Rising Sun [2]," “Rising of the Sun” (Eiri na Greine). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Frank Quinn (1893-1964) of Greagh, Drumlish, Co. Longford recorded this tune on the fiddle in 1926 under the title "Rafferty’s Reel". Coleman recorded it two years before him in 1924 entitled "The Real Blackthorn Stick". They share a similar first part but diverge on the second part.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rod Miller (Antrim, N.H.) [Miller].

Printed sources : - Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 2, No. 62. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 106.

Recorded sources : - Na Fili - "Farewell to Connacht" (1971).

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