Billy Boy (1)

BILLY BOY [1]. English, Jig and Morris Dance Tune. F Major (Bacon, Carlin): G Major (Mallinson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB, x4. A truncated version of "Constant Billy." From the Bledington, Gloucestershire, a small village in England's Cotswolds, where the melody was collected in 1925 from fiddler Charles Benfield.

Printed sources: Bacon (A Handbook of Morris Dances), 1974; pp. 77, 95a. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 53, p. 40. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book, vol. 2), 1988; No. 3, p. 4.

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Theme code Index	1442 36L5L1
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Morris
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	ENGLAND(South)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Lionel Bacon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Morris Ring (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 77
Year of publication/Date of MS	1974
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Score ()

X:1
T:Billy Boy [1]
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Bacon (Bledington)
K:F
FAc BGA|BAB GEC|AGF DCB,|CDE F3:|
|:B2c dBG|A2B cAF|ABc d2B|GAB c3|
FAc BGA| BAB GEC|AGF DCB,|CDE F3:|