Annotation:Bonnie Boy (1) (The)

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X:1 T:Bonnie Boy [1], The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 675 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A ed|cBAa (3fga ec|dfec B2 Bd|cBAa (3fga ec|dfec A2 Ad| cBAa (3fga ec|dfec B2 Bd|cefg agbg|afed cAAd|| (3cBA ec fAeA|(3cBA ec B2 Bd|(3cBA eA fAeA|dfed cAAd| (3cBA eA fAeA|dfec B2 Bd|cefg agbg|afec A2||

BONNIE BOY [1], THE (An Buacaill Deas). AKA and see "Bonnie Lad (The)." Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). The tune is a duplicate of Maurice Hime's "Bonnie Lad (The)" (1804), derived from the Scottish "Because He was a Bonny Lad."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill].

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 139. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1438, p. 267. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 675, p. 120.

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