The Red Haired Boy
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Red Haired Boy", in Gaelic "Gilleruadh" or "Giolla Ruadh", the same title<br> that results in another tune with the Englished title "Guilderoy".<br> "Guilderoy" is usually set in A minor and this tune is usually<br> set in A mixolydian. It is used for the song "The Little Beggarman".<br> The tune is an Irish, Scottish or English air or hornpipe. It is also known in the US and<br> Canada as a reel or breakdown.<br> It was printed in Bégin's Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley (1985),<br> Krassen's Appalachian Fiddle (1973),<br> Messer's Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes (1980),<br> Miller & Perron's New England Fiddler's Repertoire (1983),<br> Mitchell's Dance Music of Willie Clancy (1983),<br> Moylan's Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra (1994),<br> O'Neill's O'Neill's Irish Music (1915),<br> O'Neill (Krassen) (1976),<br> O'Neill Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903),<br> O'Neill Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994),<br> Silberberg's Fiddle Tunes I Learned at the Tractor Tavern (2002),<br> Spadaro's 10 Cents a Dance (1980) and<br> Sweet's Fifer's Delight (1964).<br> I play this tune in medleys with:<br> "Guilderoy"<br> in the Celtic section or<br> "The Mason's Apron"<br> "The Rights of Man"<br> in this section.<br> I most often play it with "Guilderoy" as the two red haired boys go<br> well together and the change of mode makes an interesting set.<br>
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