Annotation:Yellow Little Boy (The)

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YELLOW LITTLE BOY, THE (An Buacaillín Buide/Buí). AKA and see "Come in the Evening," "Galloway Tom," "Galway Tom," "Gallua Tom," "Galway Town," "Goat's Horn (The)," "Kelso Races (The)," "Lark in the Morning (1) (The)," "Little Yellow Boy (The)," “One-Legged Man (The),” "Spotted Cow (The)," "Thrush's Nest (The)," "Welcome (The)," "Western Lilt (A)," “Yellow Little Boy (The).” Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Breathnach): AABB (O'Neill). The tune is best-known nowadays as “The Lark in the Morning.”

Source for notated version: fiddler Thomas Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 27, p. 12. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 706, p. 131.

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