The Jolly Beggarman

Name: The Jolly Beggarman
Type: Hornpipe
Key: A mixolydian 
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Music: https://thesession.org/tunes/566
The version we're playing here is probably closest to the 2nd setting on The Session.
Tabs: click here

This week I'm teaching The Jolly Beggarman, which I learned as The Red Haired Boy. I probably learned it because it was called The Red Haired Boy. But I digress. It's a nice hornpipe whose A part is similar to its B part, making it easy to pick up pretty quickly. It's played in bluegrass jams probably as much as it is in Irish sessions.

--Dan

Let's give it a listen. I like this version played by Emmett Cooke, who also calls it Red Haired Boy.

​​​Slowed down for learning

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jolly_beggar_man_slow.mp3
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​​At a moderate tempo

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jolly_beggar_man_at_tempo.mp3
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