Boney Lads

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Theme code Index	3642 3641
Also known as	Boney Lad (The), Because He Was a Bonny Lad, Bonny Lad (The), Bonnie Lad (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, United States
Genre/Style	Contra, English
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Gale Huntington
Book/Manuscript title	Book:William Litten's music manuscript
Tune and/or Page number	p. 20
Year of publication/Date of MS	1977
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BONEY LADS. AKA and see "Because He Was a Bonny Lad," "Bonnie Lad (The)." British Isles, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Source for notated version: the 1800-1802 music manuscript collection of ship's fiddler William Litten, who seems to have served with the British Navy in Asia just at the turn of the 19th century. The ms. was apparently entrusted to a shipmate, and ended up on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 16 (appears as "The Bonnie Lad"). Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; p. 20. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 36, p. 18 (appears as "Bonny Lad"). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 170 (appears as "Bonny Lad"). Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883.

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