Orki The Whistler

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I'll Bid My Heart Be Still

I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still is an old Scottish Borders air with words by Thomas Pringle, a quiet, mournful melody beloved of flute and whistle players. It needs the C natural cross-fingering throughout, but its slow pace gives you time to place each note.

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An Dreoilín (The Wren Song)

An Dreoilín — the Wren Song — is the tune of the St. Stephen’s Day wrenboys, carried door to door on December 26th for generations. In D major and jig time, it stays in the whistle’s first octave, making it an easy seasonal tune to pick up.

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Hot Cross Buns

The classic English nursery rhyme Hot Cross Buns, using just three notes — B, A and G — on a D tin whistle. Often the very first melody a whistle player learns.

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Jingle Bells

The chorus of Jingle Bells (James Lord Pierpont, 1857) set for tin whistle in D major. It sits entirely in the whistle’s first octave with no tricky fingerings, making it a perfect first Christmas tune for beginners.

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Beidh Aonach Amárach

Beidh Aonach Amárach (There’ll Be a Fair Tomorrow) is one of the best-known Irish-language children’s songs, sung in classrooms all over Ireland. In D major it uses only the whistle’s six basic fingerings plus the second-octave D — an ideal early tune for young players.

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Fire on the Mountain

Fire on the Mountain is an American old-time breakdown with roots going back to an 1814 New York flute collection, still a favourite at bluegrass jams today. Transposed from D down to G so its high runs stay on the whistle, it is all quick scale passages — start slow and let the tempo come.

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Lord of the Dance

Lord of the Dance is Sydney Carter’s 1963 hymn, set to the old Shaker tune Simple Gifts and recorded by The Dubliners among many others. The melody stays within one octave plus a note on the D whistle, with the C natural cross-fingering as the only new skill — a satisfying tune for improving beginners.

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Red Is the Rose

Red Is the Rose is the Irish love song that shares its sweeping melody with Scotland’s Loch Lomond, recorded memorably by The High Kings and Nanci Griffith. Transposed here to D major so every note falls on the D whistle, it is a lovely slow tune for building tone and phrasing.

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Humours of Tullycrine, The

The Humours of Tullycrine is a West Clare hornpipe in A dorian, named for the townland near Kilrush and also known as Bobby Casey’s. Give it the characteristic hornpipe swing, and use the C natural cross-fingering throughout — there are no C sharps in this one.

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Last Rose of Summer, The

The Last Rose of Summer is Thomas Moore’s beloved 1805 air, set here in D major where it falls naturally on the tin whistle. Watch for the single A sharp passing note in the third line — half-cover the A hole, or simply play a plain A if you prefer. Guitar chords are included in the sheet view.

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Parting Glass, The

The Parting Glass is the great Irish and Scottish farewell song, sung at the end of gatherings for centuries and known today from The Clancy Brothers to Ed Sheeran. This E dorian setting fits the D whistle perfectly — the marked rolls are optional, so start plain and let the melody breathe.

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My Lagan Love

My Lagan Love is one of the great Irish slow airs, collected in Donegal and famously recorded by The Chieftains. This setting sits in A mixolydian on the D whistle: play it rubato, and note the two colour notes — a G sharp (half-cover the G hole) and a high C natural — that give the air its haunting character.

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Otter's Holt, The

The Otter’s Holt (also called The Otter’s Nest or Poll an Mhadra Uisce) is a driving B minor reel that has become a modern session standard. It uses the full two-octave range of the D whistle with plenty of triplet runs — a rewarding challenge once the first octave feels secure.

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Casadh an tSúgáin

Casadh an tSúgáin (The Twisting of the Rope) is a classic Irish song air, famously recorded for the film Brooklyn and sung by generations of sean-nós singers. This is the song melody in G — take it slow and free rather than in strict time, and use the C natural cross-fingering (first hole open, next two covered) where marked.

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Legacy, The

The Legacy, also known as The Tailor’s Wedding, is a well-loved Irish session jig in G major. It sits comfortably on a D tin whistle across both octaves, and the rolls marked in the notation are optional — play it plain first, then add ornaments as it settles under your fingers.

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13th Warrior Theme, The

The main theme from The 13th Warrior (1999), composed by Jerry Goldsmith — the track known as Sound of the Northmen. Originally in D minor, transposed here to E minor so it sits on a D whistle. You will need the C natural cross-fingering (first hole open, next two covered) where the melody leans on that darker minor color.

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Saltarello

A 14th-century Italian dance tune from the medieval manuscript Add MS 29987 (British Library) — one of the oldest instrumental tunes still played today, famously recorded by Dead Can Dance. In E Dorian, it sits perfectly on a D whistle with no half-holes needed.

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Wind - Akeboshi (Naruto)

Yoshio Akeboshi, better known as simply Akeboshi, is a Japanese folk/pop star born in 1978. Signed to Epic Labels Japan, His song “Wind” is the first song off of his self-titled debut album released June 22, 2005. To this day, “Wind” remains his most well-known song. “Wind” was used for the first Naruto ending theme.

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House of the Rising Sun

The old American folk ballad that The Animals turned into a worldwide hit in 1964. This arrangement sits in B minor and moves slowly, so you have room to shape every note. Great for practicing breath control on long notes, and everyone recognizes it from the first bar.

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