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!

Hullabaloo Belay

(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

Hullabaloo Belay

Me mother kept a boarding house,
     Hullabaloo belay
     Hullabaloo bela belay.
And all the boarders were out to make,
     Hullabaloo belay.

There was a young fellow named Shallo Brown,
     Hullabaloo, etc.
Followed me mother all over the town,
     Hullabaloo, etc.

One day when me father was on the Crown,*
Me mother ran off with Shallo Brown,

Me father said to me, "Me boy"
To which I quickly made reply,

Me father slowly pined away,
Me mother came back on the very next day.


*In the Royal Navy
Recorded by Ives, Dyer-Bennet
RG

Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!