Tipperary Recruiting Song (2nd pos)

by 19th C. Irish folk song · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

TIPPERARY RECRUITING SONG 2nd pos
19th C. Irish folk song
Key: E
Time: 6/8
Harp: A

 -4   3   3    3   -3”-3 -3”-4   -4
 -8   6   6    6   -6 -7 -6 -8   -8
‘Tis now we’d want to be wa-ry, boys

-1  -1   3    3   3   3  -3”
-4  -4   6    6   6   6  -6
The re-cruit-ers are out in

-3   3  -3”-4  -4
-7   6  -6 -8  -8
Tip-per-ar-y, boys

-1  -1  3   3  3  -3
-4  -4  6   6  6  -7
If they of-fer a glass,

 -3    4   4   4    -4
 -7    7   7   7    -8
We’ll wink as they pass

 -1    3    3    3    3
 -4    6    6    6    6
We’re old birds for chaff

-3”-3   4  -3 3   3
-6 -7   7  -7 6   6
In Tip—per-ar-y, boys

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound