The Tin Whistle Song Book And Ebooks

The Tin Whistle Song Book With Letter Notes by Martin Dardis includes the sheet music tabs with finger positions and easy to follow letter notes for over 100 well known and most popular Irish, Scottish, English and American songs including some Children's songs and Christmas Carols which is suitable for beginners. A PDF ebook is also available. This is the first time such a book was published to include the letter notation along with the sheet music. This book is also suitable for other musical instruments such as the piano keyboard, the banjo/mandolin and recorder. All the songs have been worked out on the D whistle. I have made them as easy to play as possible.

Below are the details of the first ebook

A PDF version of the Tin Whistle Book is now available. When you purchase the ebook using the payment method above I'll email you the PDF version of the book.​The price is €7.50. There are extra bonus tin whistle sheet music tabs in the ebook.

1. List of songs in the tin whistle book are =
2. ​Tin Whistle Chart . Which shows which notes are on the tin whistle in D.
3. A Bucket Of Mountain Dew .
4. A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day . [ Dubliners / The Pogues ]
5. A Mother’s Love’s A Blessing .
6. A Nation Once Again . [ The Wolfe Tones ]
7. All For Me Grog .  [ The Clancy Brothers ]
8. Amazing Grace.
9. Avondale. [ Mary Black ]
10. Arthur McBride. [ Christy Moore ]
11. Banna Strand . [ Wolfe Tones ]
12. Black Is The Colour . [ Christy Moore  ]
13. The Black Velvet Band . [ Luke Kelly ]
14. Boolavogue .
15. The Bold Fenian Men. [ Dublin City Ramblers ]
16. Bold Robert Emmet.
17. The Boys Of Fairhill . [ Jimmy Crowley ]
18. The Boys of The Old Brigade .
19. The Cliffs of Dooneen .
20. Come By The Hills .
21. Come My Little Son .
22. The Connemara Cradle Song .
23. The County Of Armagh.
24. Courtin’ In The Kitchen .
25. Down By The Glenside.
26. The Dying Rebel .
27. Danny Boy . [ Full version with all verses ]
28. For Ireland I’d Not Tell Her Name.
29. The Foggy Dew.
30. Galway Bay.
31. The Galway Shawl .
32. Happy Birthday To You .
33. He’s Got The Whole World In His Hand .
34. Henry My Son.
35. The Homes Of Donegal.
36. I’ll Tell Me Ma .
37. I’m A Rover .
38. Irish Ways and Irish Laws .
39. The Soldier’s Song/
40. Abhran Na Bhfiann .
41. James Connolly.
42. Johnny Jumps Up .
43. Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye.
44. Kelly The Boy From Killane.
45. Kumbaya.
46. The Leaving of Liverpool.
47. Maggie .
48. Maids When You’re Young
49. Never Wed An Old Man .
50. Michael Row Your Boat Ashore .
51. Morning Has Broken.
52. Molly Malone .
53. My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean.
54. My Lovely Rose Of Clare .
55. The Night Visiting Song.
56. Noreen Brown..
57. Nancy Whiskey.
58. Oh Susanna.
59. Oh My Darling Clementine .
60. Oró Sé Do Bheath Abhaile .
61. Peggy Gordon .
62. Quare Bungle Rye .
63. Red Is The Rose .
64. Red River Valley.
65. Roddy McCorley.
66. The Rising Of The Moon.
67. Sam Hall .
68. Scarborough Fair .
69. Sean South.
70. Seven Drunken Nights.
71. Shanagolden .
72. Shenandoah .
73. The Sloop John B.
74. Spancil Hill .
75. The Butcher Boy .
76. The Galway Races .
77. The Gypsy Rover .
78. The Hills Of Connemara .
79. The Minstrel Boy.
80. The Parting Glass.
81. The Rattlin Bog .
82. The Rocky Road To Dublin .
83. The Spanish Lady .
84. The Star Of The County Down.
85. The Streets Of Laredo.
86. The Water Is Wide.
87. The West’s Asleep.
88. The Wild Rover.
89. The Yellow Rose Of Texas .
90. Weile Waile.
91. What Shall We Do With
92. The Drunken Sailor .
93. When The Saints Go Marching In .
94. Whiskey In The Jar .
95. Will The Circle Be Unbroken .
96. Will You Go Lassie Go.
97. You Are My Sunshine.
98. CHILDREN’S SONGS
99. Ba Ba Black Sheep .
100. Bingo.
101. The Camptown Races 
102. For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow .
103. Frere Jacques .
104. Hush Little Baby.
105. How Much Is That Doggy
106. In The Window .
107. London Bridge Is Falling Down .
108. Mary Had A Little lamb.
109. Old McDonald Had A Farm.
110. Ring Around The Rosey.
111. Baby Shark
112. The Alphabet Song.
113. The Wheels On The Bus .
114. This Old Man .
115. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
116. CHRISTMAS CAROLS
117. Angels We Have Heard On High.
118. Away In A Manger .
119. Come All Ye Faithful.
120. Good King Wenceslas .
121. Silent Night.
122. We Wish You A
123. Merry Christmas . [ Bing Crosby ]
124. Banjo Fretboard .
125. Piano Finger Chart .
126. Below are the extra sheet music tabs  in the ebook that are not in the paperback book.
127. Down To The River To Pray
128. Down By The Sally Gardens
129. Hail Glorious Saint Patrick. [ Most well known St. Patrick's Day Song ]
130. Home On The Range [ American folk song ]
131. Loch Lomond [ Probably the best known Scottish song ]
132. May The Road Rise Up To Meet You
133. Scotland The Brave
134. Tramps And Hawkers
135. The Wild Colonial Boy
136. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling [ An Old Irish / American Song ]
137. Auld Lang Syne [ The last song to be sang on the last day of every year ]
138. The Skye Boat Song
139. Bringing In The Sheaves [ A Christian Song / Hymn ]
140. America The Beautiful
141. Long Way To Tipperary [ A classic British music hall song ]
142. Goodnight Irene
143. When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
144. How Great Thou Art
145. Southwind
146. The Star Spangled Banner [ National anthem of the United State Of America ]
147. Wabash Cannonball
148. Yankee Doodle
149. The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls
150. The Yellow Rose Of Texas
151. Simple Gifts
152. ​House Of The Rising Sun [ A big hit for ''The Animals'' ]
153. This Land Is Your Land [ A Woody Guthrie classic song ]
154. Tom Tom The Pipers Son [ Kids easy songs ]
155. Three Blind Mice
156. Three Little Kittens
157. The Mulberry Bush
158. Ten Little Indians
159. Pussy Cat Pussy Cat
160. Little Jack Horner
161. Hey Diddle Diddle
162. Ding Dong Bell
163. ​The Ballad Of Jed Clampett [ Beverly Hillbillies Them Song ]
164. ​Abide With Me [ Hymn ]
165. ​Summer In Dublin By Bagatelle  [ Piano / Tin Whistle Letter Notes Only ]
166. ​Absent Friends [ Mike Denver Version ]
167. ​Bringing In The Sheaves
168. Puff The Magic Dragon
169. ​On Top Of Old Smokey
170. Five Hundred Miles [ Justin Timberlake ]
171. Viva La Quinta Brigada [ Christy Moore ]
172. O Canada [ Canadian National Anthem Tin Whistle Notes ]
173. The Wellerman [ Sea Shanty Sheet Music With Letters ]
174. Puppet on a string
175. Did You Ever Get The Ride On A Tractor [ Letter Notes Included ]
176. Right Alright [ Dublin City Ramblers / The Kings Of Connaught Band ]
177. Catch Me If You Can Me Name Is Dan Sure I'm Your Man [ Brendan Shine ]
178. My Last Farewell - Barleycorn
179. Home To Donegal - Nathan Carter
180. The Boys Of Kilmichael
181. My Donegal Shore - Daniel O'Donnell
182. Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs - Brian And Michael
183. The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers
184. Eileen Oge / the Pride of Petravor
185. The Bare Necessities From The Movie ''Jungle Book''
186. ​Me And Bobby McGee
187. ​My Heart Is In Ireland By The Wolfe Tones
188. Come My Little Son by Luke Kelly / Ewan McColl
189. ​Ordinary Man by Christy Moore
190. ​Dad's Army Song
191. ​I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2
192. ​Rock 'N, Roll Kids [ Brendan Graham - Eurovision Song ]
193. ​Linger by The Cranberries
194. A Couple More Years [ Ronnie Drew / Dr. Hook Pop / Country song ]
195. May It Be by Enya - The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Rings
196. I'll never fall in love again 
197. ​Downtown by Patula Clarke
198. ​Grace by Jim McCann / The Dubliners / Wolfe Tones
199. From The Candy Store On The Corner
200. Only A Woman's Heart
201. ​Gentle Mother - Big Tom
202. Stumblin' In Suzi Quatro / Chris Norman
203. Summer Nights from Greece 
204. Bye Bye Baby by The Bay City Rollers
205. Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond
206. Heaven Around Galway Bay 
207. Everyday by Buddy Holly
208. Baker Street by Jerry Rafferty
209. Hotel California by The Eagles 
210. Three Little Birds by Bob Marley 
211. Una Paloma Blanca by George Baker
212. Rockin' All Over The World by Status Quo
213. When I Need You by Leo Sayer
214. Some Girls by Racey
215. Galway Girl
216. Lord Of The Dance by The Dubliners
217. The Wanderer by Status Quo
218. Morningtown Ride by The Seekers
219. Candle In The Wind
220. It's a great day for the Irish
221. My wild Irish rose
222. South Australia
223. The rose of Tralee
224. Farewell to Carlingford
225. For these are my mountains
226. Katy Daly
227. Lady of Knock by Dana
228. Limerick you're a lady
229. Dirty old town
230. John O'Dreams
231. Flower of Scotland by The Corries
232. Four strong winds
233. The fields of Athenry
234. The Isle of Innisfree
235. The wind in the willows
236. In my father's house
237. McNamara's Band
238. 21 Years
239. Come By The Hills
240. The Boys Of The Old Brigade
241. Maggie May by Rod Stewart
242. The Unicorn Song by The Irish Rovers
243. The Voyage by Johnny Duhan / Christy Moore
244. A Pair Of Brown Eyes by Shane MacGowan And The Pogues

The New Pop Songs Ebook List Of Songs Are Below

1 All My Lovin' - The Beatles
2 A Groovy Kind Of love - Phil Colline
3 Annie's Song - John Denver
4 And I Love You So - Pero Como
5 Angeleyes By Abba
6 And Then I Kissed Her - The Beach Boys
7 A Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay                         
8 Any Dream Will Do - Abba
9 A Rainy Night In Soho - The Pogues
10 Do re me [ From The Sound Of Music ]
11 Father and son - Boyzone
12 Fields of gold - Sting
13 For the good times - kris kristofferson
14 Hallelujah -  Leonard Cohen
15 I dont wanna talk about it - Rod Stewart
16 I have a dream - Abba
17 I just cant help believin - Elvis
18 Let it go - From Frozen
19 I've  just  gotta get a message to you - Bee Gees
20 Karma chameleon - Culture Club
21 Morning has broken - Cat Stevens
22 Moon river - Andy Williams
23 My heart will go on - Celine Dion
24 Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley
25 Nothing compares 2U - Sinead O'Connor
26 The rose - Bette Midler
27 Rose garden - Lynn Anderson
28 Ruby tuesday - Rolling Stones
29 Stand by me - Ben E.King
30 Starry starry night - Don McLean
31 Summer time - Sam Cooke
32 Sweet home Alabama - Lynyar Sknyrd
33 Take a chance on me - Abba
34 The wonder of you - Elvis
35 The first cut is the deepest - Rod Stewart
36 Top of the world - The Carpenters
37 The gambler - Kenny Rogers
38 The greatest love of all - Whitney Huston
39 Theres a kind of hush - The Carpenters
40 You raise me up - Josh Groban - Westlife
41 You've got to hide your love away
42 Another day in paradise - Phil Collins
43 Arms Of Mary - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
44 A world of our own - The Seekers
45 Baby Can I hold you - Tracy Chapman
46 Baby I love you - The Ramones
47 Bittersweet symphony - The Verve
48 Bad moon rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
49 Blanket on the ground - Billie jo spears
50 Blue eyes crying in the rain - The Everly Brothers 
51 Bridge over troubled waters Simon and Garfunkel
52 Four strong winds - Neil Young
53 Go your own way - Fleetwood Mac
54 The greatest love of all 
55 I love you because - Jim Reeves
56 I'm a believer - The Monkees
57 I wont back down - Tom Petty
58 If I cant have you - Yvonne Elliman
59 Killing me softly with his song - Roberta Flack 
60 Living next door to Alice - Smokie
61 Lyin' eyes - The Eagles
62 Love me for a reason - The Osmonds
63 Dont look back in anger - Oasis
64 Only sixteen - Dr. Hook
65 One thing - One Direction
66 Please release me - Engelbert Humperdinck 
67 Scarborough fair - Traditional
68 Send me the pillow that you dream on - Dean Martin
69 Seasons in the sun  - Terry Jacks
70 Shotgun - George Ezra
71 The river - Bruce Springsteen
72 The rose
73 The twelfth of never - Donny Osmond
74 Things - Bobby Darin
75 Time after time - Cyndi Lauper
76 To love somebody - The Bee Gees
77 Uptown girl - Billy Joel / Westlife
78 Wagon wheel - Darius Rucker
79 Where do you go to my lovely - Peter Sarstedt
80 Only You - The Flying Pickets
81 Bright eyes - Art Garfunkel
82 Bye bye love - The Everly Brothers
83 The boxer - Paul Simon
84 Country roads - John Denver
85 Calidonia - Dougie MacLean
86 Can't smile without you - The Carpenters
87 Do do ron ron - The Crystals
88 Dancing in the dark - Bruce Springsteen
89 Don't cry for me Argentina - Elaine Paige
90 Dancing queen - Abba
91 Daydream believer - The Monkees
92 Don't marry her - The Beautiful South
93 Do you want to build a snowman - Frozen
94 Heartbeat - Buddy Holly
95 Here comes the sun - George Harrison
96 Homeward bound - Paul Simon
97 Imagine - John Lennon
98 It's a heartache - Bonnie Tyler
99 Little old wine drinker me 
100 Mamma mia - Abba
101 Me and you and a dog named boo - Toto
102 Moonlight shadow - Mike Oldfield
103 Perfect - Ed Sheeran
104 Raindrops keep falling on my head - B.J. Thomas
105 Ring of fire - Johnny Cash
106 The streets of London - Ralph McTell
107 Sloop John Bee - The Beach Boys
108 Sweet Caroline - Neil Diomand
109 Sound Of Silence - Simon And Garfunkel
110 Stand by me - Ben E. King
111 Walk right back - The Everly Brothers
112 What a wonderful world  - Louie Armstrong
113 When I fall in love - Nat King Cole
114 When you say nothing at all 
115 The wild side of life - Status Quo
116 Will you still love me tomorrow 
117 With a little help from my friends - Beatles
118 Wonderful tonight - Eric Clapton
119 Wooden heart - Elvis
120 Yesterday - The Beatles
121 Your so vain - Carly Simon
122 Paper roses - Marie Osmond
123 I have a dream - Abba
124 Leaving on a jet plane - John Denver        
125 Yesterday once more - The Carpenters
126 No Matter What By Boyzone 
127 Puppet On A String - Sandy Shaw
128 Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
129 Shallow - Lady Gaga
129 We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
​130 Hurt by Johnny Cash
131 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep by Middle Of The Road Band
132 The Great Pretender by The Platters / Freddy Mercury
133 The Winner Takes It All By Abba
134 Summer Nights Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta from Greece
135 Help Me Make It Through The Night
136 All Of Me By John Legend
137 She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah
138 The Walk Of Life
139 Forever And Ever Amen
​140 I'll be there for you / Friends theme song
141 No tears left to cry Ariana Grande
​142 Angels by Robbie Williams
143 Mrs. Robinson by Simon And Garfunkle
144 Thinking out loud by Ed Sheeran
​145 Take the last train to Clarksville by The Monkees
Skyfall - Adele
​Someone like you - Adele
​Call me Al by Paul Simon
Save the last dance for me
My sweet Lord
Does your mother know by Abba
​Mad world by Gary Gules
They don't know about us by One Direction
​Our song by Niall Horan
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious​
​Jolene by Dolly Parton
He ain't heavy he's my brother
One day at a time sweet Jesus
Born In The U.S.A. 
​By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Is she really going out with him by Joe Jackson
A teenager in love
Love really hurts without you
Ghostbusters theme song
Fame by Irene Cara
Lady in red by Chris De Burg
Three times a lady
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
​Don't go breaking my heart
When you ask about love - by Matchbox
Come dancing by The Kinks
Lay back in the arms of someone by Smokie
Lets Twist Again
A little bit more by Dr. Dook 
I will survive by Gloria Gaynor 
Hi ho silver lining
It's not unusual by Tom Jones
Summer holiday by Cliff Richard
It's all over now by The Rolling Stones
​Come on Eileen Dexeys Midnight Runners
In The Army Now by Status Quo
Islands In The Stream - Dolly Parton
Everything I Do I Do It For You - Brian Adams
Super Trooper - Abba
'Till I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers
Puppy Love - Donny Osmond
I Just Want To Dance With You - Daniel O'Donnell
The Way We Were [ Memories ] Barbra Streisand


​The New Pop Songs Ebook Is Priced At ​€7.90 and I'll email the book to you.
The paypal and credit card buttons for the new book are below.

If you're only interested in the ''Piano Letter Notes'' then I have an ebook just for that also.
The Piano / Keyboard PDF Ebook Of Letter Notes For Beginners .

And below are the details of the original paperback book

The Tin Whistle Song Book With Sheet Music And Letter Notes.

€20.00
​Free Shipping world wide

Easy To Follow Letter Notes

Suitable For All Lead Instruments including banjo, piano keyboard and recorder.

• Spiral Bound Book So It Stays Open

• All Songs Suitable For a D Whistle

• Music Arrangement / tabs Made As Easy As Possible

• A Massive 119 songs in total.

• A Tin Whistle, Keyboard And Banjo Chart Included.

• Suitable for children and adults alike.
• ​Fingering position of notes
• ​The Most Popular folk songs ever

Price €20 

1. List of songs in the tin whistle paper book are =
2. ​Tin Whistle Chart . Which shows which notes are on the tin whistle in D.
3. A Bucket Of Mountain Dew .
4. A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day . [ Dubliners / The Pogues ]
5. A Mother’s Love’s A Blessing .
6. A Nation Once Again . [ The Wolfe Tones ]
7. All For Me Grog .  [ The Clancy Brothers ]
8. Amazing Grace.
9. Avondale. [ Mary Black ]
10. Arthur McBride. [ Christy Moore ]
11. Banna Strand . [ Wolfe Tones ]
12. Black Is The Colour . [ Christy Moore  ]
13. The Black Velvet Band . [ Luke Kelly ]
14. Boolavogue .
15. The Bold Fenian Men. [ Dublin City Ramblers ]
16. Bold Robert Emmet.
17. The Boys Of Fairhill . [ Jimmy Crowley ]
18. The Boys of The Old Brigade .
19. The Cliffs of Dooneen .
20. Come By The Hills .
21. Come My Little Son .
22. The Connemara Cradle Song .
23. The County Of Armagh.
24. Courtin’ In The Kitchen .
25. Down By The Glenside.
26. The Dying Rebel .
27. Danny Boy . [ Full version with all verses ]
28. For Ireland I’d Not Tell Her Name.
29. The Foggy Dew.
30. Galway Bay.
31. The Galway Shawl .
32. Happy Birthday To You .
33. He’s Got The Whole World In His Hand .
34. Henry My Son.
35. The Homes Of Donegal.
36. I’ll Tell Me Ma .
37. I’m A Rover .
38. Irish Ways and Irish Laws .
39. The Soldier’s Song/
40. Abhran Na Bhfiann .
41. James Connolly.
42. Johnny Jumps Up .
43. Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye.
44. Kelly The Boy From Killane.
45. Kumbaya.
46. The Leaving of Liverpool.
47. Maggie .
48. Maids When You’re Young
49. Never Wed An Old Man .
50. Michael Row Your Boat Ashore .
51. Morning Has Broken.
52. Molly Malone .
53. My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean.
54. My Lovely Rose Of Clare .
55. The Night Visiting Song.
56. Noreen Brown..
57. Nancy Whiskey.
58. Oh Susanna.
59. Oh My Darling Clementine .
60. Oró Sé Do Bheath Abhaile .
61. Peggy Gordon .
62. Quare Bungle Rye .
63. Red Is The Rose .
64. Red River Valley.
65. Roddy McCorley.
66. The Rising Of The Moon.
67. Sam Hall .
68. Scarborough Fair .
69. Sean South.
70. Seven Drunken Nights.
71. Shanagolden .
72. Shenandoah .
73. The Sloop John B.
74. Spancil Hill .
75. The Butcher Boy .
76. The Galway Races .
77. The Gypsy Rover .
78. The Hills Of Connemara .
79. The Minstrel Boy.
80. The Parting Glass.
81. The Rattlin Bog .
82. The Rocky Road To Dublin .
83. The Spanish Lady .
84. The Star Of The County Down.
85. The Streets Of Laredo.
86. The Water Is Wide.
87. The West’s Asleep.
88. The Wild Rover.
89. The Yellow Rose Of Texas .
90. Weile Waile.
91. What Shall We Do With
92. The Drunken Sailor .
93. When The Saints Go Marching In .
94. Whiskey In The Jar .
95. Will The Circle Be Unbroken .
96. Will You Go Lassie Go.
97. You Are My Sunshine.
98. CHILDREN’S SONGS
99. Ba Ba Black Sheep .
100. Bingo.
101. The Camptown Races 
102. For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow .
103. Frere Jacques .
104. Hush Little Baby.
105. How Much Is That Doggy
106. In The Window .
107. London Bridge Is Falling Down .
108. Mary Had A Little lamb.
109. Old McDonald Had A Farm.
110. Ring Around The Rosey.
111. Baby Shark
112. The Alphabet Song.
113. The Wheels On The Bus .
114. This Old Man .
115. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
116. CHRISTMAS CAROLS
117. Angels We Have Heard On High.
118. Away In A Manger .
119. Come All Ye Faithful.
120. Good King Wenceslas .
121. Silent Night.
122. We Wish You A
123. Merry Christmas . [ Bing Crosby ]
124. Banjo Fretboard .
125. Piano Finger Chart .

Example of a song from The Tin Whistle Songbook

The book can be posted anywhere in the world.
The postage is the same no matter where it goes.

​If your buying the book as a gift please allow plenty of time for the post to reach you.
Example, it can take over a week to reach parts of the U.K. and sometimes 2 weeks to reach the U.S.A. So keep this in mind.

Comment / review
Raymond ohora left a nice comment in the guest book which reads ''thanks for the book. with all the books I have this is 100 times better then all the rest put together keep up the good work''

Thanks Raymond, it was hard work putting it together but well worth it.

Just received this fantastic book which is an instant start to playing the tunes you know on the tin whistle.
It is simple and printed clearly on every page to get you playing at a rate of knots, a must for every tin whistle owner.
John Thompson
Please feel free to paste this on your website
regards John.


I have always had a tin whistle since I was 12 years old (a late starter) but had no teaching or contact with other whistle players until I was 55. It's only then that I started to get serious about playing and your web-site was the catalyst, that did it for me. Last week was a very special week for me because I got a Dixon low D whistle AND your smashing Tin Whistle Song Book. I wanted you to know how much I value and appreciate the work you do. Thank you so much Martin. Paul Roberts

Good morning Martin, I got your lovely book on Monday. As a total beginning with music the book is everything that it promises, so easy to follow and  fun to learn, its nice to be able to play tunes straight away......mind you I have a long way to go. 
Thank you Martin.
Noreen

Hello Martin,
   I wanted to let you know I received the book today, Thursday. I am grateful for the many old tunes in the book. I play guitar and mandolin and this will be very handy for me. I also play American folk music also. Many come from these Irish tunes. I might have to get a tin whistle. They sell them in my music store, I was surprised and it wasn't plastic either.
​Thank you for your hard work in putting this together with all the notes and placement of fingers for the whistle. It was worth the price. I think as Americans we stop playing and listening to these songs. I mix them in when I play at coffee shops. Loved to see more verses printed to these tunes in this same book style. Thanks again. Rob.

​From Liam in England
thank you I love the book and the website gives it no justice best tin whistle book ever thanks a million.

Just received you book "The Tin Whistle Song Book" and thumbed thru it quickly. I think it is one of the best investments in playing the tin whistle I could have made. I am a beginner at this at the ripe ole age of 70 and really like the way you have laid out the book. Thank you so much for all the hard work. Aubrey in Florida.

​Hi Martin, Just a quick email to let you know the Tin Whistle song book arrived this morning , To say I’m impressed is an understatement, The content, Layout, explanation and the little piece on each tunes history is simply superb, as I journeyed through the pages not only did I see tunes I played on the Whistle as a child in school but also got a little history lesson on the way, This little book is packed with music and history of my nations most loved tunes , definitely a must for all want to play a traditional musical instrument , thanks Martin for your fantastic work, please keep it up for all of us
My sincere gratitude and thanks, 
Kind regards Ken 

Hi Martin, Your book arrived this morning - brilliant!. I love the way it's laid out with drawings and historical notes - and I can already play some of the easier tunes. Many thanks.  Do you have other publications?
Best wishes
Jim

Tip for playing the same song in a different key.
Say for example your using a D whistle and playing a song using the sheet music from my book, [not the letter notes] and you change from your D whistle to your C whistle. Just play the song as if you are using your D whistle, but you'll actually be playing in the key of C.

Here's just a couple of the wonderful emails I received regarding the book.
Hi Martin, 
Received your excellent book this morning and it's absolutely brilliant. I've been a fan of your website for years and just wanted to drop you a line to commend you and thank you for all the work you do in providing invaluable resources for people to learn Irish music. Feel free to use this email as a recommendation for others to purchase your wonderful tin whistle book. 
Many thanks, 
Glenn 

Hi Martin
You site has been an excellent resource to me
throughout my years of being a musician.  Your choice in the songs you choose is excellent.
I play the guitar in the Hardy Bucks Band .  
I always wanted to play the tin whistle so decided to purchase the book and also support you!
Your site is the go to site if I'm looking for lyrics for a song and has been wonderful.  
I agree with you that is very sad that more of the National stations do not play the songs that tell the stories of our people.
Patrick R.
​
​Hi Martin, thank you for the tin whistle book. I received it a couple of weeks ago. I always wanted to play an instrument but had a bad experience as a child at school which convinced me I couldn't learn to play. Your book has really help me and i'm doing far better with it then I ever thought possible.
Thanks again
Martin J

I'd like to say a big thank you to all those parents, especially who bought the book for their children, and thanks also for your kind words you sent to me after receiving the book, it means a lot to me.Also a big thanks to all the school teachers that bought the book and now use it to teach their class. It seems that the finger position for the notes in the songs is what people really wanted, plus the basic easy to follow letter note system. 

Your book is amazing! Your introduction is right on. 
You have opened the world of music for me. Thank you.Richard, CA United States

You don't need to be able to read sheet music tabs to play any of the songs in this book. This Tin Whistle song book has over 100 well known folk songs. There's also a selection of children's songs and some well known Christmas Carols. Along with the sheet music I have included the ''Letter Notes''. Millions of people start off using basic letter notes before moving on to reading sheet music. Those who use letter notes will already be familiar with the tune of the song they are trying to learn. The melody is in their head and all they want is somebody to tell them which notes to play.

In this book I place the notes to play over the lyrics. For example If the note is a low D then I use CAPITAL letters and if the note is a high d I use lower case letters. All the songs are in easy keys such as D and G. Every song can be played on a D whistle. These easy to follow letter notes are also suitable for other lead instruments such as piano accordion, banjo, keyboard, mandolin and recorder.

It takes a bit longer for some people to learn how to read sheet music. This is  where placing sheet music tabs in the book beside the letter note version of the song  comes in handy. When your reading the letter notes you can also see the notes on the sheet music and the similarities, you might see a song starting off that has three D notes in the letter note version and you'll notice three whole notes  on the sheet music version at the start. After a while you'll begin to get better at reading the sheet music and may not need the letter note version again.

There are millions of people out there who would dearly love to be able to play a musical instrument and the thought of having to learn how to read sheet music seems to daunting a task. Some people might say let them stick at it and they'll eventually be able to read music. Well perhaps some would, but a large proportion give up and will never know the joy of sitting at their kitchen table playing their favorite song or tune. I think that's a shame and that's the reason I included the basic lead notes in letter note form. 


 If these letter notes I have made up help just a handful of people along their way then all the countless months I spent working on them will be worth it. So this book will be a God-send to those who don't read sheet music and just want to play their favorite and most popular folk songs of all time. Where possible I have included the lyrics inside the sheet music, but in some songs the notes are packed too tight to be able to do so.
This is the biggest collection of ''Songs'' ever to be placed together in one single book and is for children of all ages and those just starting or wanting to improve their playing.

 So can you use any tin to play these song ?
Although I worked these songs out on a D whistle, you can still play them on a whistle in a different key.
Just play along to the finger hole shapes within the sheet music.
If your playing a Bb whistle for example, and you play finger hole shapes then you'll be playing in the key of Bb.
​If your playing a C whistle then you'll be playing in the key of C.

The piece of music above is in the key of G. Notice the 1 sharp # sign at the start of the music, this means it's in G.
If you see 2 # symbols then the piece will be in the key of D.
But you don't need a tin whistle in the key of G to play these pieces when using the simple finger hole shapes, you can play the song using any key of whistle.

I am based in Swords Co. Dublin Ireland, so if anybody that's living close by, they could just call around to me to pick up the book if they wish. just email me first.

If you happen to live near Ennis Co. Clare, the tin whistle book can be bought at, Custy's Music Shop, Ennis, Co. Clare