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!

Mick McGuire

(C 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

Mick McGuire

Oh, me name is Mick McGuire and I'll quickly tell to you
Of a young girl I admired called Kitty Donahue.
She was fair and fat and forty and believe me when I say
That whenever I came in at the door you could hear her mammy say.

cho:"Johnny get up from the fire, get up and give the man a sate (seat),
    Can't you see it's Mr McGuire and he's courting you sister Kate?
    Ah you know very well he owns a farm a wee bit out of the town,
    Arragh, get up out of that you impudent brat and let Mr McGuire sit down."

Now the first time that I met her was at the dance at Tarmagee,
And I asked her very kindly if she'd dance a step with me,
Then I asked if I could see her home, if I'd be going her way
And whenever I came in at the door you could hear her mammy say:

Ah, but now that we are married, sure her mother's changed her mind,
Just because I spent the legacy her father left behind,
She hasn't got the decency to bid me time of day,
Now whenever I come in at the door you'd here the auld one say:

Last chorus:
   "Johnny, come up to the fire, come up you're sitting in a draft,
   Can't you see it's Mr McGuire, and he nearly drives me daft,
   Ah, I don't know what gets into him, for he's always on the tare,
  Arragh, just sit where you are and never you dare to give
     Mr. McGuire the chair."

Diddle e dowdle-owdle-owdle
Diddle e dowdle-owdle-ow
Diddle e dowdle-owdle-owdle
Diddle e dowdle-owdle-ow
Ah, I don't know what gets into him, for he's always on the tear,
Arragh, just sit where you are and never you dare to give Mr McGuire
     the chair."

From the Irish Songbook, Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
AX
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Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!