X:55
T:Redhaired Boy, The
R:hornpipe
H:See also reel#843, song#46. Descended from the Scottish tune Gilderoy,
H:where the earliest versions are in Ador.
Z:id:hn-hornpipe-55
M:C|
K:Amix
AG|EAAG ABcd|efec d2cd|eAAG ABcA|BGEF G2FG|
EAAG ABcd|efec d2cd|eaag aged|cABG A2:|
|:ef|g2gf gfef|gfec d2cd|eAAG ABcA|BGEF G2FG|
EAAG ABcd|efec d2cd|eaag aged|cABG A2:|
W:Words from USA:
W:There was an old soldier and he had a wooden leg
W:Nothing left on it but an old wooden peg
W:He'd tune up his fiddle, and he'd rosin up his bow,
W:and he'd play on his fiddle till the cows came home.