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KITTY BO-BO. English, Sword Dance Tune (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A traditional Northumbrian sword dance tune performed by pitmen at Christmas mummer's plays--see note for "Sword Dancer's Song (The)." The title is perhaps from the Gaelic word for cow, bo.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; p. 137.
Recorded sources:
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