X: 1
T: Tinker's Stick / Cloontia Reel / The New Policeman (G major) / false: Stoney Steps / Stony Steps
R: Reel
C: traditional
O: Ireland
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from Matt Molloy's album
N: Chords: | G  -  | G  Am | G  -  | D   G  |
N:         | G  -  | G  Am | G  -  | D   G  |]
N:         | G  -  | C  -  | G  -  | Am -   |
N:         | G  -  | C  -  | G  -  | Am -   |] G  |]
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=180
M: 4/4
K: G major % 1 sharp
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: ~B2 BG ABGE | DGBG AGED | ~B2 BA ~G2GB | dBBA BG~G2 |
N:  BG~G2 AEGE | D2BA AGED | ~B2 BA ~G2GB | dBBA BG Bd |]
N: ~g2 gf g2dg | egdg egd2 | ~g2 gf  gedg | eaag ag ef |
N: ~g2 gf g2dg | egdg egd2 | ~g2 gf  gedg | eaag ag ed |] B8 |]
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
"G" ~B2 BG ABGE | "G" DGBG "Am" AGED | "G" ~B2 BA ~G2GB | "D"  dBBA "G" BG~G2 |
"G"  BG~G2 AEGE | "G" D2BA "Am" AGED | "G" ~B2 BA ~G2GB | "G"  dBBA     BG Bd |]
"G" ~g2 gf g2dg | "C" egdg      egd2 | "G" ~g2 gf  gedg | "Am" eaag     ag ef |
"G" ~g2 gf g2dg | "C" egdg      egd2 | "G" ~g2 gf  gedg | "Am" eaag     ag ed |] "G" B8 |]
N:
D: 1987: Matt Molloy (flute): Stoney Steps (titled 'Stoney Steps')
D: 1991: Joe Bane (whistle): Maiden Voyage - Live Traditional Irish Music Session from Pepper's Bar, Feakle, Co. Clare (titled 'Boil the Kettle Early')
D: 1998: Mike Rafferty (flute) & Mary Rafferty (accordion): The Old Fireside Music (titled 'The Reel of Rio')
D: 2000: John Carty (fiddle), Anne-Marie McGowan (fiddle) & Patsy Hanley (flute): Lámh ar Lámh - Many Hands (titled 'The Tinker's Stick / Bata an Tincéara')
D: 2000 (ca.): Larry McDonagh (flute) & Micheal Joe McDonagh (fiddle): The McDonaghs of Ballinafad and Friends Play Traditional Music of Sligo (recorded in the 1960s, titled 'The Tinker's Stick')
D: 2001: At the Racket (John Carty, Brian McGrath, Seamus O'Donnell, Garry O'Briain & Brid Dooley): Mirth-Making Heroes (titled 'Tinkers Stick', third tune in the 'Turkey in the Straw' set)
D: 2001: Kevin Henry & Maggie Healy: One's Own Place - A Family Tradition (titled 'The New Policeman')
D: 2002: Harry Bradley (Eb flute): As I Carelessly Did Stray (titled 'The Tinker's Stick')
D: 2004: Kevin Henry (flute) & Maggie Healy (flute): Wooden Flute Obsession 2 (titled 'The New Policeman')
D: 2007: John Wynne (flute) & John McEvoy (fiddle): Pride of the West (titled 'The Tinker's Stick / Bata an Tincéara / The Cloontia Reel')
D: 2008: Catherine McEvoy & Felix Dolan: Traditional Flute Music In The Sligo-Roscommon Style (titled 'The Cloontia Reel')
D: 2009: Four Men and a Dog: Wallop the Spot (titled 'The New Policeman')
D: 2010: Catherine McEvoy (flute), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle) & Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina): Comb Your Hair and Curl It (titled 'The Tinker's Stick')
D: 2014: Liam Ó Maonlaí, Peter O Toole, Eithne Ní Chatháin, Cormac Begley & Maitiu Ó Casaide: Ré (titled 'The Tinker's Stick')
D: 2015: Eddie Moloney (whistle): Master Musician (titled 'Tommy Whelan's No. 5')
D: 2016: Jesse Smith (fiddle), Sean Gavin (flute) & John Blake (piano): Music from the Lost Continent (titled 'The New Policeman')
D: 2016: Donie Nolan (accordion): The Banks of the Abha Bhán (titled 'The New Policeman')
D: 2018: Antóin Mac Gabhann, Caitlín Nic Gabhann & Brian McGrath: Tobar Bhríde (titled 'The New Policeman')
D: 2020: John Doyle & Mike McGoldrick: John Doyle & Mike McGoldrick (titled 'The Tinker's Stick')
D: 2024: Dylan Carlos, Cein Sweeney & John McCartin: The One After It (titled 'The Tinker's Stick')