The Irish Rover sheet music and tin whistle note
Recorded first by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and later by The Pogues And The Dubliners. I have included the basic letter notation in separate keys, the most popular is the one in the key of D, but I also worked it out in the key of G which is the second one.
Irish Rover Key Of D 8 Beats, same as video.
These are the easy to play letter notes. All the f notes are sharp. The CAPITAL letters are the low notes below B and all the lower case one's are the higher notes.
A F D F G A - d e f e c d
On the Fourth of Ju-ly, eighteen hundred and six
c B A B A F G F E
We set sail from the sweet Cove of Cork
A F D F G A d e f e c d
We were sailing a- way with a cargo of bricks
c B A B G F G E D
For the Grand Ci-ty Hall in New York
A A d d e f - e d e e c A
Twas a wonderful craft, she was rigged fore and aft
A d d e f d e c A
And oh, how the wild wind drove her
F E D F G A -d e f e d G
She stood sev-er-al blasts, she had twen-ty seven masts
F E D F A d f e d
And they called her The Iri-sh Rov-er
These are the easy to play letter notes. All the f notes are sharp. The CAPITAL letters are the low notes below B and all the lower case one's are the higher notes.
A F D F G A - d e f e c d
On the Fourth of Ju-ly, eighteen hundred and six
c B A B A F G F E
We set sail from the sweet Cove of Cork
A F D F G A d e f e c d
We were sailing a- way with a cargo of bricks
c B A B G F G E D
For the Grand Ci-ty Hall in New York
A A d d e f - e d e e c A
Twas a wonderful craft, she was rigged fore and aft
A d d e f d e c A
And oh, how the wild wind drove her
F E D F G A -d e f e d G
She stood sev-er-al blasts, she had twen-ty seven masts
F E D F A d f e d
And they called her The Iri-sh Rov-er
