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!

Black Susie

(Ab 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

Black Susie

For once I joined a Liverpool ship,
     O roll the cotton down!
We had ord'r to go to New Orleans,
     O roll the cotton down!

There it was, where I first saw a niggerwench,
     O roll the cotton down!
Her name was Sue and was liked by the crew,
     O roll the cotton down!

And dark-eyed Susie came on board,
And she said to the captain: how do you do?

And up aloft his chronometer flew,
And she winked with her eyes to the chief mate too,

I think I heard the captain say:
Another pull and then belay!

RG
APR99

Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!