O Rare Botham Boy (English Folk Music)

First Publication	1856 in Popular Music of the Olden Time, Vol.II, p.747
Genre Categories	Folksongs; Songs; For 1 voice; For unaccompanied voices; Scores featuring the voice; English language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For horn, trumpet, euphonium (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the euphonium (arr); For 3 players (arr)

Sheet Music

Complete Score
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Fynnjamin (2025/8/23)

Arranger	William Chappell (1809–1888)
Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	London: Cramer, Beale & Chappell, n.d. (1856).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Complete Score
*#687484 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 43×⇩ - Messerman

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Horn (F)
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Trumpet (B♭)
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Euphonium
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Arranger	Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt (b. 1944)
Publisher. Info.	Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt, 2019.
Copyright	Public Domain (dedicated) [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	N.B. Spurious attribution to Reginald Spofford [sic], erroneous title "Be never blind". Version taken from 2nd edition of Folke-Sange og Melodier, Book 4, 1862.
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Work Title	O Rare Botham Boy
Alternative. Title
Composer	English Folk Music
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IE 14
First Publication.	1856 in Popular Music of the Olden Time, Vol.II, p.747
Librettist	Traditional
Language	English
Piece Style	Traditional (folk)
Instrumentation	voice
Extra Information	Chappell was unsuccessful in finding any more words than the refrain of this song. The melody has so much in common with "Life let us cherish" (Freu't euch des Lebens by Hans Georg Nägeli) that it is difficult to imagine it deriving from anything but that song - as though a harmony part has been taken as a melody and given new harmonic clothing.