Annotation:All I Want is a Decent Boy
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X:1 T:All I Want is a Decent Boy M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:"Andantino" S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion 1804-1810 Z:Paul Kinder R:Air K:G D>E | G>A G>A Bd | e>f e>d B>e | dB/2A/2 G>A BA | AG E2 D>E | G>A G>A B>d | e>f ed B>e | dB/2A/2 G>A BA | AG G2 z A| BB g2 B2 | gfed B2 |dB/2A/2 G>A BA | AG E2 D>E | G>A GA Bd | e3/2f/2e/2d/2 B3 e | dB/2A/2 GA BA | AG G2 ||
ALL I WANT IS A DECENT BOY. Irish, Air. O'Neill had the tune from O'Farrell's Pocket Companion (1804-1810), and says: "The name of a ballad sung to this air has been substituted for "The Young Man's Dream" an obviously wrong title - as printed in O'Farrell's work."
