Boys in Blue

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Theme code Index	16L 35 25 16L
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Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p.52
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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BOYS IN BLUE. American, Scottish; Reel. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AA'BB'. The title refers, perhaps, not to policemen (the modern connotation), but to Union Army Civil War soldiers, whose uniforms were blue. Despite its appearance in Kerr's publication, the tune sounds thoroughly American.

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 28. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 285, p. 31. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 52.

X:1
T:Boys in Blue
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
(3D/E/F/ | G/D/B,/D/ E/F/G/A/|B/dd/ d>B|A/dd/ d>c|B/dd/ d>D|G/D/B,/D/ E/F/G/A/ | 
B/dd/ d>B|A/aa/ ag|f/g/e/f/ d/c/B/A/ || G/D/B,/D/ E/F/G/A/ | B/dd/ d>B | A/dd/ d>c | 
B/dd/ d>D | G/D/B,/D/ E/F/G/A/ | B/dd/ d>B | c/B/A/G/ F/D/E/F/ | G/D/B,/D/ G,||:D |(D/d/).d/.d/ .dd/c/ | (B/b/).b/.b/ .ba/g/ | (f/d/).d/.d/ (e/^c/).c/.c/ | d/A/F/A/ G/F/E/D/|
(D/d/).d/.d/ .dd/c/ | (B/b/).b/.b/ .ba/g/ | (f/d/).d/.d/ (e/^c/).c/.c/ |1 d/A/F/A/ d :|2 d/A/F/A/ D/D/E/F/ ||