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Theme code Index	3b15L 113b
Also known as	I am a poor rambling boy, I'm a Poor Rambling Boy, There was a young lady
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Edward Bunting
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The Ancient Music of Ireland
Tune and/or Page number	No. 96, p. 71
Year of publication/Date of MS	1840
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X:1
T:I am a Poor Rambling Boy
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Very ancient, author and date unknown.” 
B:Bunting – Ancient Music of Ireland (1840, No. 96, p. 71)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
"Plaintive and Slow"(d>c)|(B>A) (G>^F) (D>F)|(.G.G .G2) (.B.B)|(B>c) (.d.f.e.c)|d4 (.B.B|
.B)>cd (.f.e.c)|d4 (d>c)|(B>A) (G^F) (D^F)|.G.G .G2:||

X:1
T:Rambling Boy, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 668
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
d/>c/ BA | G>F DF GG | G3A BB | B>c df ed/c/ | 
d3 G/A/ BB | B>c df ec | d3 d/>c/ BA | G>F D^F GG | 
G3 G/A/ BB | Bc df ec | d3 d/>c/ BA | G>F D^F GG | G3 ||

X:0144
T:"I'm a Poor Rambling Boy "          (air)           0144
C:Unattributed
C:plaintive
B:O'Neill's Music Of Ireland (The 1850)   Lyon & Healy, Chicago   1903 ed.
C:Transposed from Bb
Z:FROM O'NEILL'S TO NOTEWORTHY, FROM NOTEWORTHY TO ABC, MIDI AND .TXT BY VINCE BRENNAN 6-21-03 (HTTP://WWW.SOSYOURMOM.COM)
Q:1/4=60
I:abc2nwc
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:D
(f3/2e/2)|(d3/2c/2) (B3/2^A/2) (FA)|(.B.B) B2(.d.d)|(d3/2e/2) (fa ge)|f4(.d.d)|
(~d3/2e/2) (fa ge)|f4(f3/2e/2)|(d3/2c/2) (B3/2^A/2) (FA)|(.B.B) B2|]

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