Because He was a Bonny Lad
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X:1
T:Because I was a bonny lad
M:C|
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
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X:2
T:Because he was a bonny lad
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Robert Bremner - Collection of Scots Reel, Country Dances (1757. p. 14)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
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X:1
T:Because I was a bonny lad
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air & variations
Q:"Lively"
B:James Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion vol. 2 (1760, p. 149)
F: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94600836?mode=transcription
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
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|:e|cAeA fAeA|dfec B2 Be|cAeA fAec|dfec A2A:|
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X:3
T:Because I was a bonny Lad
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796, No. 64, p. 26)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
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e|T(c>BAc) defd|cAec B/B/B Be|T(c>BAc) def^g|(a/^g/f/e/) ac A/A/A Ae|
cAeA fAea|cAec B/B/B Bf/^g/|af^ge fdec|dgec A/A/A A||
X:153
T:Clever Lad. RHu.149, The
T:Because He Was A Bonny Lad,aka. RHu.149
B:R.Hughes MS,1823,Whitchurch,Shrops.
A:Whitchurch, Shropshire
Z:Tony Weatherall 2006
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
R:Reel
K:C
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X:22
T:Bonny Lad. Roose.0022
T:Because He Was A Bonny Lad,aka. Roose.0022
B:J.Roose MS, Manchester, 1850
Z:Village Music Project 2019 Eric Conrad
M:C
Q:1/4=140
L:1/8
N:Beaming here (suggesting cut time or 2/2) is as in MS. But frequent chord
N:changes seem consistent with 4/4, in agreement with MS common time.
N:
N:NB1) MS has quarter note, but this is not consistent with the pickups.
N: (It would make sense as the final note.)
N:NB2) Added tie to complete that final note. (See NB1).
K:A
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|: z | cAec fAeA | dfec B/B/BB2 | cAeA fAeA | dfec A/A/AA2 |
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X:150
T:Because I am a Bonny Lad
O:No 150 Page 72 No 2 William Clarke of Feltwell (1858)
Z:Transcribed by M Humphreys May 2010
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:A
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X:1
T:Bonny Lads
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection,
S:vol. 3, p. 107. Mid-19th century, County Cork
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
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X:4
T:Because He Was a Bonny Lad
L:1/8
M:C
S: Bruce & Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
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X:5
T:Because He Was a Bonny Lad
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
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X:1
T:Because He was a Bonny Lad
M:C
L:1/8
R:March
B:Cocks - Tutor for the Northumbrian Half-Long Bagpipes (1925, No. 9, p. 9)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
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