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Thread #91280   Message #1734869
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
07-May-06 - 07:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: My Bonnie Boy in Blue
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonny boy in blue
The other example currently listed looks more likely: 'My Bonny Boy in Blue' (Tom Munnelly, Mount Callan Garland, from Tom Lenihan, Milton Mowbray, Co Clare, 1988.

The song was issued on at least one broadside. You can see the 1871 Glasgow 'Poet's Box' print at  Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads:

My bonnie boy in blue