the Red-Haired Boy

X: 1
T: the Red-Haired Boy
T: the Little Beggar Man
O: Scotland 1762
B: McGibbon, Scots Tunes, book III, 1762; p.70
B: James Gillespie Manuscript of Perth, 1768
B: c.1776-1778 music copybook of fifer Thomas Nixon Jr. [1] (1762-1842), of Framingham, Connecticut
M: C|
L: 1/8
Z: Mary Lou Knack (Roaring Jelly collection)
R: reel
K: AMix
GF |\
"A"E2A2 ABcd | e2{f}ec "D"d2cd | "A"edcB ABce |  "G"BGEF G2GF |
"A"E2AG ABcd | e2{f}ec "D"dBcd | "A"ea2b aged | "E7"c2A2 "A"A2 :|
|: ef |\
"G"g2ef g2ef | gfec "D"d2cd | "A"edcB ABce | "G"BGEF G2GF |
"A"E2AG ABcd | e2{f}ec "D"dBcd | "A"ea2b aged | "E7"c2A2 "A"A2 :|

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Ireland/reel/Red_Haired_Boy_A/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/reel/Red_Haired_Boy-A-32-4/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/reel/Red_Haired_Boy_A/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/Top/reel/Red_Haired_Boy-A-32-4/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/reel0/Red_Haired_Boy-A-32-4/0000

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