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X:23
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T:Because He Was a Bonny Lad
C:
O:Scotland
B:Keith Norman MacDonald : "The Skye collection of the best reels & strathspeys extant" : 1887
Z:Ralph Palmer
R:Reel
M:C
L:1/8
K:A
!f!e | c>BA>a (f/2g/2a) (ec) | d>fec B/2B/2B (Be) | c>BA>a (f/2g/2a) (ec) | dfec A/2A/2A A :|
!mf!e | cBAc defd | cAec B/2B/2B (Bd) | cBAc defg | (a/2g/2f/2g/2 a)c A/2A/2A (Ae) |
(cA)eA (fA)eA | cAec B/2B/2B (Bg) | !f!afge gdec | dfec A/2A/2A A |]
W:Sometimes played as Strathspey.

This transcription was found:

• http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/skye/Skye_Collection.abc
• http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/RalphPalmer/Because_He_Was_a_Bonny_Lad.abc
• http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/skye/T/Because_He_Was_a_Bonny_Lad.abc
• http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/skye/X/0023.abc