The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112465   Message #2380077
Posted By: Anglo
03-Jul-08 - 10:18 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Bedlam Boys / Tom of Bedlam
Subject: RE: Origin of Bedlam Boys
At least for my reading of the tune, it's Dorian/Aeolian, with no 6th to define it as pure Dorian. Indeed, if I were to introduce a 6th (e.g. as a decorative triplet on the "go" of "they all go bare," I think I would flatten it, making the tune Aeolian minor.