The Lonesome Boatman Sheet Music
Finbar Furey.Written by Finbar when he was nineteen years old,and what a great tune it is, I included the letter notes also. Finbar plays this in a low D whistle. The mandolin tab is included along with the finger position tin whistle sheet music. Recorded by The Furey Brothers And Davie Arthur, Charlie And The Bhoys, The Irish Brigade, Roisin Dubh and The Molly Maguires. The Irish / American group The Dropkick Murphys also made a great recording of the tune.
The above video is of Damien O'Sullivan on whistle / mandolin with Tony Reilly on guitar and accordion.
The below youtube video is by Jean-Baptiste Meynard and these are the notes he's playing.
F E F F G F E F B B A B C D D D C B A F F F
F E F F G F E F B B A B C D D E D C B C F A B B
F F G E F F F G G E F F F F F E D C D E D C B C C B B A F F
F E F F G F E F B B A B C D D E D C B C F A B B
F E F F G F E F B B A B C D D F E D C F A B B
Below is another version of 'The Lonesome Boatman'
The below youtube video is by Jean-Baptiste Meynard and these are the notes he's playing.
F E F F G F E F B B A B C D D D C B A F F F
F E F F G F E F B B A B C D D E D C B C F A B B
F F G E F F F G G E F F F F F E D C D E D C B C C B B A F F
F E F F G F E F B B A B C D D E D C B C F A B B
F E F F G F E F B B A B C D D F E D C F A B B
Below is another version of 'The Lonesome Boatman'
Below is the list of sheet music and tin whistle songs that are in my ebooks. This is the largest collection of tin whistle songs ever put together.[over 800 songs ] Including folk, pop and trad tunes plus German And French songs along with Christmas Carols.
All of the sheet music tabs have been made as easy to play as was possible.
The price of the ebooks is €7.50
All of the sheet music tabs have been made as easy to play as was possible.
The price of the ebooks is €7.50
Silent Annie Lyrics For The Lonesome Boatman
I saw which nearly broke my heart
A tramp lay dying
In the park
I knelt beside him to hear him speak
And the words that
He spoke were very
Weak
2
He told me a story of
Long since past
Of a gallant ship with it’s long grey mast
Of his captain’s cap
With it’s shining braid
And the wonderfull voyages that he made
3
Oh silent annie was that great ships name
Like a token of love
He spoke her name
She sailed round the horn
Ay’e more than once
She could cut through
The waves
Like a sharpen’d lance
4
Oh believe me he said
As his eyes filled with tears
Like a drunk on the corner
Remembering his years
He reached out his hand
And he took it in mine
I believe you i said
And he gave a sad smile
5
Then came the day when they towed her away
Her sid’es they were sore
From the sea’s angered spray
He said she’s unfit to
Sail out once more
They tugged her more windward
All around sandyshore
6
As they broke silent annie
I watched with a sigh
I remembered her beauty
When i was a boy
She was my one love my
Lifes only dream
When we sailed out together
As captain and queen
7
It started to rain i
Felt my hand tight
He squeezed even harder
As he ended the fight
The people they gathered
And watched with dismay
The ambulance men came and took him away
8
I got to my feet and i
Walked through the park
The sun it had gone but
It was not yet dark
My body was wet my
Clothes were not many
My thoughts were around
By the ship silent annie
I saw which nearly broke my heart
A tramp lay dying
In the park
I knelt beside him to hear him speak
And the words that
He spoke were very
Weak
2
He told me a story of
Long since past
Of a gallant ship with it’s long grey mast
Of his captain’s cap
With it’s shining braid
And the wonderfull voyages that he made
3
Oh silent annie was that great ships name
Like a token of love
He spoke her name
She sailed round the horn
Ay’e more than once
She could cut through
The waves
Like a sharpen’d lance
4
Oh believe me he said
As his eyes filled with tears
Like a drunk on the corner
Remembering his years
He reached out his hand
And he took it in mine
I believe you i said
And he gave a sad smile
5
Then came the day when they towed her away
Her sid’es they were sore
From the sea’s angered spray
He said she’s unfit to
Sail out once more
They tugged her more windward
All around sandyshore
6
As they broke silent annie
I watched with a sigh
I remembered her beauty
When i was a boy
She was my one love my
Lifes only dream
When we sailed out together
As captain and queen
7
It started to rain i
Felt my hand tight
He squeezed even harder
As he ended the fight
The people they gathered
And watched with dismay
The ambulance men came and took him away
8
I got to my feet and i
Walked through the park
The sun it had gone but
It was not yet dark
My body was wet my
Clothes were not many
My thoughts were around
By the ship silent annie
lonesome boatman sheet music
The version of the tin whistle notes below has the finger positions. The music file below is for the piece of sheet music below. As I have said many times on the site, to learn any song or tune you should learn it one line at a time. Practise the first line until your sick to the teeth of listening to yourself and then practise the second line. Put the first and second lines together and play them until you have them off by heart. Then play the third line,,and so on. This tune for example isn't as lone as you think it might be, the first two line get played then it repeats itself, see the repeat lines at the end of the second line :||
The lonesome boatman tin whistle tune with letter notes
Below is the mandolin tab for The Lonesome Boatman
