Curly Headed Plowboy

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Theme code Index	3513 6L6L5L1
Also known as	Curly-Headed Ploughboy, Ploughboy (1) (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance, Polka
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
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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. As an air it was the vehicle for several songs in both Britain and Ireland, and the tune 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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