Because He was a Bonny Lad
Tune annotations
X:1 % T:Because I was a bonny Lad M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:David Young – Drummond Castle/Duke of Perth Manuscript (1734, No. 34) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix e|Tc>Baa faef|TcAec B/B/B Be|Tc>Baa faef|TcAec A/A/A A:| |:e|Tc>BAc defd|TcAec B/B/B Be|Tc>BAc defg|a/^g/f/e/ ac A/A/A A:|]
X:1 % T:Because I was a bonny lad M:C| L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A e|c>BA=g f/g/a e>c|d>fe>c B/B/B Be|c>BA=g (f/g/a) ec|d>fec A/A/A A:| |:e|cAeA fAeA|dfec B/B/B Be|cAeA fAeA|dfec A/A/A A:||
X:2 % T:Because he was a bonny lad M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Bremner - Collection of Scots Reel, Country Dances (1757. p. 14) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D e|T(c>BA)a faec|dfec B/B/B Be|T(c>BA)a faec|dfec A/A/A A:|| T(c>BA)c defd|cAec B/B/B Be|T(c>BA)c def^g|(a/^g/f/e/) ac A/A/A Ae| cAeA fAeA|cAeA B/B/B B^g|afge fdec|dBec A/A/A A|]
X:3 % T:Because I was a bonny Lad M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796, No. 64, p. 26) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix e|Tc>BAa (f/g/a) ec|d>fec B/B/B (Be)|cBAa f/g/a ec|d>fec A/A/A Ae| T(c>BAa) (3faf (3efe|d>fec B/B/B (Be)|cBAa (3faf (3efe|d>fec A/A/A A|| e|T(c>BAc) defd|cAec B/B/B Be|T(c>BAc) def^g|(a/^g/f/e/) ac A/A/A Ae| cAeA fAea|cAec B/B/B Bf/^g/|af^ge fdec|dgec A/A/A A||
X:4 % T:Because He Was a Bonny Lad L:1/8 M:C S: Bruce & Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d|B>AGg e/f/g d>B|c>edB cAAc|B>AGg e/f/g d>B|c>edc BGG:| |:d|BGdG eGdG|c>edB cAAc|BGdB eGdG|c>edc BGG:|
X:5 % T:Because He Was a Bonny Lad M:C| L:1/8 S:Reel B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A e|c>BA>a (f/g/a) (ec|d>)fe>c B/B/B ~B>e|c>BA>a (f/g/a) (e>c|d)fec A/A/A A:| e|cBAc defd|cAec B/B/B (Bd|c)BAc defg|agac A/A/A (Ae| c)AeA fA eA|cAec B/B/B (Bg|a)fge efec|dfec A/A/A A||