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CHARITY BOY, THE. Scottish, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A 'charity boy' refers to a child of poor parents who attends a school funded by charity/donations.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Aird's 6th and Last Volume of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), 1803; No. 66, p. 26.

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