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This notation is pretty simple; dark circles mean covered holes; empty circles mean uncovered holes; a '+' below means to blow harder to get the upper octave; a '#' below means this note is too low for the whistle chosen and you'll have to fake it :) The author of this program always plays accidentals by closing holes, so you'll never see half-covered holes.

When I was starting, I found notation like this to be very helpful, and I know plenty of people who have trouble reading music who find this notation easier. Good luck!

Every Night When the Sun Goes in

(D whistle)

(This score available as ABC, SongWright, PostScript, PNG, or PMW, or a MIDI file)
(Choose a whistle key: A B C D E F G Ab Bb Cb Db Eb Fb Gb A# B# C# D# E# F# G#)
Dulcimer tab for this song is also available

Every Night When the Sun Goes in

Every night when the sun goes in (3 times)
I hang down my head and mournful cry.
     True love, don't weep, true love, don't mourn (3 times)
     True love, don't weep nor mourn for me,
     I'm going away to Marble town.

I wish to the Lord that train wwould come (3 times)
To take me back where I come from.
     True love, don't weep, etc.

It's once my apron hung down low (3 times)
He'd follow me through both sleet snd snow.
     True love, don't weep, etc.

It's now my apron's to my chin (3 times)
He'll face my door and won't come in.
     True love, don't weep, etc.
I wish to the Lord my babe was born,
A-sitting upon his pappy's knee,
And me, poor girl, was dead and gone,
And the green grass growing over me.
     True love, don't weep, etc.

from English Folk Songs in the Appalachian Mountains, Sharp
Collected from Mrs. Effie Mitchell, Burnsville, NC 1918
RG

Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!