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'''BEGGAR BOY, THE'''. English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). C Major (Chappell): D Minor (Barlow, Johnson): G Minor (Barnes, Sharp). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Sharp): AABC (Chappell): AABB (Barlow, Barnes, Johnson). The air appears in its earliest printing in John Playford's first edition of his '''English Dancing Master''' (1651), and continued to be included in the long-running series through the seventh edition (1686). Chappell (1859) notes several ballads were written to the tune, as was the convention of the period with a popular melody.
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''Printed sources:'' Barlow ('''Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master'''), 1985; No. 7, pg. 18. Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1989. Chappell ('''Popular Music of the Olden Times'''), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 307. Johnson ('''The Kitchen Musician No. 14: Songs, Airs and Dances of the 18th Century'''), 1997; pg. 3. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; pg. 37. Sharp ('''Country Dance Tunes'''), 1909; pg. 21. 
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Dorian 90238, The Baltimore Consort - &quot;A Trip to Killburn.&quot; Harmonia Mundi 907101, The King's Noyse - &quot;The King's Delight: 17c Ballads for Voice and Violin Band&quot; (1992).
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'''BEGGAR BOY, THE'''. English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). C Major (Chappell): D Minor (Barlow, Johnson): G Minor (Barnes, Sharp). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Sharp): AABC (Chappell): AABB (Barlow, es, Johnson). The air appears in it's earliest printing John Playford's first edition of his '''English Dancing Master''' (1651), and continued to be included in the long-running series through the seventh edition (1686). Chappell (1859) notes several ballads were written to the tune, as was the convention of the period with a popular melody.
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''Printed sources:'' Barlow ('''Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master'''), 1985; No. 7, pg. 18. Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1989. Chappell ('''Popular Music of the Olden Times'''), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 307. Johnson ('''The Kitchen Musician No. 14: Songs, Airs and Dances of the 18th Century'''), 1997; pg. 3. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; pg. 37. Sharp ('''Country Dance Tunes'''), 1909; pg. 21. 
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''Recorded sources:'' Dorian 90238, The Baltimore Consort - &quot;A Trip to Killburn.&quot; Harmonia Mundi 907101, The King's Noyse - &quot;The King's Delight: 17c Ballads for Voice and Violin Band&quot; (1992).
 
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 Theme code Index    1654 17bL13b
 Also known as    Begger Boy (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    ABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Cecil Sharp
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Country Dance Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 21
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1909
 Artist    Biography:Baltimore Consort (The)
 Title of recording    Trip to Killburn (A)
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Dorian 90238
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


BEGGAR BOY, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). C Major (Chappell): D Minor (Barlow, Johnson): G Minor (Barnes, Sharp). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Sharp): AABC (Chappell): AABB (Barlow, Barnes, Johnson). The air appears in its earliest printing in John Playford's first edition of his English Dancing Master (1651), and continued to be included in the long-running series through the seventh edition (1686). Chappell (1859) notes several ballads were written to the tune, as was the convention of the period with a popular melody.

Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 7, pg. 18. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1989. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 307. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 14: Songs, Airs and Dances of the 18th Century), 1997; pg. 3. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 37. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; pg. 21.

Recorded sources: Dorian 90238, The Baltimore Consort - "A Trip to Killburn." Harmonia Mundi 907101, The King's Noyse - "The King's Delight: 17c Ballads for Voice and Violin Band" (1992). 

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