Boateman

X:1361
T:Boateman
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:95
R:Jig
N:Alan Ramsey's song The Bonny Scot (1728) is set to this tune
W:Ye gales that gently wave the sea
W:And please the canny
W:Boat-man
W:Bear me frae hence, or bring to me
W:My brave, my bonny
W:Scot-man
W:In haly bands we join'd our hands
W:Yet may this not
W:discover
W:While parents rate a large estate
W:Before a faithfu'
W:lover
K:C
GE2 G2G|GE2 G2G|c2c B2A|d3 D3|GE2 G2G|GE2 G2G|c2d e2d|c3 C3||
c2d e2d|c2B A2G|F2F E2D|d3 D2D|GE2 G2G|GE2 G2G|c2d e2d|c3 C3||

Alternative sources for this tune:

• www.ceolas.org/pub/tunes/abc.tunes/Playford/0003
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/OTIS_Irish_Session/melnets_big_abc_file/01361
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/atrilcoral.com/b/0702
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/gradcenter.marlboro.edu/abc/Playford/Boateman/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melnets_big_abc_file/01361