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Also known as	Curly-Headed Ploughboy (1), Ploughboy (1) (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region
Genre/Style
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Polka, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4, 2/2
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Ralph Sweet
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fifer's Delight
Tune and/or Page number	p. 64
Year of publication/Date of MS	1964
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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CURLY HEADED PLOWBOY, THE. AKA and see "Ploughboy [1]." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time); New England, Polka. G Major (Miller & Perron, Raven): D Major (Barnes, Sweet). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody (as "Curly Headed Ploughboy") appears as a country dance in the music manuscript collection of Rossendale, East Lancashire, musician James Nuttall, compiled around 1830. It was later adapted for use as a polka for New England dances.

Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 84. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 155. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964; p. 64.

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T:Curly-headed Ploughboy, The
R:Reel
C:Trad.
O:England
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=140
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K:G
"A"|:d>c|"G"B2d2 G2B2|"C"E4 "G"D2G2|"D7"FGAB c2B2|"G"BdcB "D7"A2d>c|
"G"B2d2 G2B2|"C"E4 "G"D2G2|"D7"FGAB c2F2|"G"G6:|
K: D
"B"|:d2|"A7"c2c2 cABc|"D"d2d2 d2ed|"A7"c2c2 cABc|"D"d6 ed|
"A7"c2c2 cABc|"D"d2A2 "G"B2G2|"A7"F2E2 A2C2|"D"D6:|

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+'''CURLY HEADED PLOWBOY, THE'''. AKA and see "Ploughboy [1]." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time); New England, Polka. G Major (Miller & Perron, Raven): D Major (Barnes, Sweet). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody (as "Curly Headed Ploughboy") appears as a country dance in the music manuscript collection of Rossendale, East Lancashire, musician James Nuttall, compiled around 1830. It was later adapted for use as a polka for New England dances.
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+X: 1
+T:Curly-headed Ploughboy, The
+R:Reel
+C:Trad.
+O:England
+M:4/4
+L:1/8
+Q:1/4=140
+F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/mirror/hardy.demon.co.uk/pgh_session_tunebook.
+K:G
+"A"|:d>c|"G"B2d2 G2B2|"C"E4 "G"D2G2|"D7"FGAB c2B2|"G"BdcB "D7"A2d>c|
+"G"B2d2 G2B2|"C"E4 "G"D2G2|"D7"FGAB c2F2|"G"G6:|
+K: D
+"B"|:d2|"A7"c2c2 cABc|"D"d2d2 d2ed|"A7"c2c2 cABc|"D"d6 ed|
+"A7"c2c2 cABc|"D"d2A2 "G"B2G2|"A7"F2E2 A2C2|"D"D6:|
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