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X:1 T:Stir Your Feet Johnny M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. 1 (c. 1805) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d | AGF A2D | DED FED | AGF A2D | F3d3 | AGF A2D | DED AGF | EFE E2F G3B3 :| ABc d2F | AGF d2F | ABc dAF | B3d3 | ABc ded | cBA d2A | Bcd EGE | G3B3 | ABc d2F | AGF d2F | ABc dAF | B3d3 | faf gec | fdB AFD | EFE E2F | G3B3 ||

KEEP YOUR FEET JOHNNY. AKA and see "Boher O'Huaid," "Northern Road (The)," "Northern Road to Tralee (The)," "Stir Thy Feet Johnny/Stir Your Feet Johnny." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Compare with County Cork cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman's "Bóthar ó thuaigh chum Tráighlí" in volume 1 (p. 229) of his large mid-19th century music manuscript collection. See also note to "Northern Road to Tralee" for more information.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 176, p. 41. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 64, p. 28. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion for the Union or Irish Pipes, vol. 1), c. 1805; p. 47 (as "Stir Your Feet Johnny").

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