'''BOLD SOLDIER BOY, THE'''. Irish, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The first strain of the melody is the same as Elias Howe's "Bold Soger Boy."
<!-- REPLACE THE ABC CODE BETWEEN THE <PRE> </PRE> TAGS -->
<br>
<br>
''Source for notated version'': Chicago police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down, and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill]
<br>
<br>
''Printed source:'' O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 79, p. 14.
</font></p>
----
----
<pre>
<pre>
X:1
X:1
Line 41:
Line 32:
|| ef | gf ga | b2 af | af ed | e2 ef | gf ga | b2 af | f2 e2 | e2 ef |
|| ef | gf ga | b2 af | af ed | e2 ef | gf ga | b2 af | f2 e2 | e2 ef |
gf ga | b2 af | af ed | e2 de | fA AB | de fd | e2 d>d | d2 ||
gf ga | b2 af | af ed | e2 de | fA AB | de fd | e2 d>d | d2 ||
X:1
T:Bold Soldier Boy, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Moderate"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 79
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
de | fA AB | d2 cd | e2 de | f2 de | fA AB | de fd | e2 d>d | d2 :|
|| ef | gf ga | b2 af | af ed | e2 ef | gf ga | b2 af | f2 e2 | e2 ef |
gf ga | b2 af | af ed | e2 de | fA AB | de fd | e2 d>d | d2 ||