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Thread #126076 Message #2797550
Posted By: autoharper
27-Dec-09 - 06:53 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Red Haired Boy (Melody)
Subject: Origins: Red Haired Boy (Melody)
What is the earliest publication of the mixolydian melody "The Red Haired Boy" (AKA: "Gilderoy" or "Little Beggarman")?
I find "The Beggarman" in Edward Bunting's _A Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland_ (1840), but Bunting's melody is so different from the one played today I hardly recognize it.