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'''I'M OFF TO CHARLESTOWN'''. American; Air and dance tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The first several bars of melody are shared with the American old-time song "[[Old Plank Road]]." The tune is included in Kerr's along with a hodgepodge of tunes, including several from America. "I'm Off to Charlestown" was popularized by Christy's Minstrels, a blackface minstrel ~~troup~~.

'''I'M OFF TO CHARLESTOWN'''. AKA and see "[[Off to Charleston]]." American; Air and dance tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The first several bars of melody are shared with the American old-time song "[[Old Plank Road]]." The tune is included in Kerr's along with a hodgepodge of tunes, including several from America. "I'm Off to Charlestown" was popularized by Christy's Minstrels, a blackface minstrel troupe.

''My massa and my missus have both gone away, ''

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''I'll go down to Charlestown, the pretty gals to see.''

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See also the march variant "[[Off to Charleston]]" in Hopkin's '''American Veteran Fifer''' (1905).

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''Printed sources'': Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), ~~vol~~. 3; No. 395, p. 43.

''Printed sources'': Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 3'''), c. 1880's; No. 395, p. 43.

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-'''I'M OFF TO CHARLESTOWN'''. American; Air and dance tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The first several bars of melody are shared with the American old-time song "[[Old Plank Road]]." The tune is included in Kerr's along with a hodgepodge of tunes, including several from America. "I'm Off to Charlestown" was popularized by Christy's Minstrels, a blackface minstrel troup.
+'''I'M OFF TO CHARLESTOWN'''. AKA and see "[[Off to Charleston]]." American; Air and dance tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The first several bars of melody are shared with the American old-time song "[[Old Plank Road]]." The tune is included in Kerr's along with a hodgepodge of tunes, including several from America. "I'm Off to Charlestown" was popularized by Christy's Minstrels, a blackface minstrel troupe.
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+See also the march variant "[[Off to Charleston]]" in Hopkin's '''American Veteran Fifer''' (1905).
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-''Printed sources'': Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), vol. 3; No. 395, p. 43.
+''Printed sources'': Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 3'''), c. 1880's; No. 395, p. 43.
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