Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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In an UPDATE to a previously posted video, Eugene Dunphy tells the story behind THE STONE OUTSIDE DAN MURPHY'S DOOR.

0:00 John Patrick Dane, ballad writer
01:20 Johnny Patterson
01:42 Dane’s early life
02:20 Early music hall appearances
02:46 Dane’s Stone Outside Dan Murphy’s Door
04:20 Sheet music published
05:15 Dane in prison
06:15 Dane in Brownlow Infirmary
06:35 Dane’s death at Denville Hall
06:48 Where is ‘the stone’?
07:20 The verses
07:40 Recordings
08:20 Dan Murphy’s Door (song)