"The Bold Dragoon" is an Irish air in 4/4 time and C Major (Hardings) or D Major (Howe, O'Neill, Surenne). The parts are played one part (O'Neill) or AB (Surenne). It was printed in Harding's All Round Collection (1905), Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867), O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903), J.T. Surenne's Songs of Ireland without Words (1854).