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Red Haired Boy (also known as The Little Beggarman) is a modal tune of Irish origin that has become a beloved standard in the American old-time and bluegrass repertoire.
Often played with G shapes capoed to sound in A, it gets its bright, modal color from the F chord against the G — a fun tune for practicing backup and for soloing over that distinctive sound.