Bonny at Morn

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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/4
History	England/North East"England/North East" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:J. Collingwood Bruce & John Stokoe
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Northumbrian Minstrelsy
Tune and/or Page number	pp. 88-89
Year of publication/Date of MS	1882
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BONNY AT MORN. English, Air (6/4 time). England, Northumberland. G Minor. Standard tuning. AB.

The sheep's in the meadow,
The kye's in the corn,
[Thou's ower land in they bed]
Bonny at morn.
Canny at night,
Bonny at morn,
[Thou's ower lang in thy bed],
Bonny at morn. (Bruce & Stokoe).

"The song 'Bonny at Morn' gives us a pretty picture of family life. The baby awakes a little too early, but the big lad and the big lass are loath to rise; hence the interjaculatory phrases 'Thou's ower lang in thy bed' in the midst of the song" (Stokoe).

The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes, published c. 1800.
Printed source: Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pp. 88-89.

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T:Bonny at Morn
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Bruce & Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstrelsy  (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
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