Digital Tradition Mirror

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!

Harrison Brady

(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

Harrison Brady

Go harness up my milk white steed
My bonnie brown is not so speedy
I'll ride all night and I'll ride all day
Till I overtake my lady

He rode as far as Pittsburgh, O
And there he spied his lady
With one arm around her baby, O
And the other around her Brady

O why did you leave your husband dear
O why did you leave your baby
O why did you leave your pretty little home
To roam with Harrison Brady

I never loved you in my life
I neverloved your baby
I married you against my will
And I'll roam with Harrison Brady

Last night I slept in my downy bed
and in my arms my baby
Tonight I'll sleep in the Pittsburgh jail
In the arms of Harrison Brady


sung by Lily Bell Dietrick at Morgantown WVa, 1944, collected by
Samuel Bayard.
Child #200  See also files starting with GYP
tune (as sung by Tony Saletan): Verse of Yankee Doodle
SOF

Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!