best guaranteed-to-shed-a-tear solo-whistle Irish trad tune.

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Two votes:

"Ann Maguire's Silver Wedding" (John McCusker)

"Inion ni Scannlain" (Lunasa)

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Whilst not an Irish tune I love Ashokan Farewell. It's my favorite sad song to play on whistle.

Although I havn't figured it out for whistle The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda will always make me cry.
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I think I'll buy all of the above from Itunes and cry for hours...
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I nominate Young Ned of the Hill played by Joannie
(did I miss it? I always forget its other name..).

In the Probably-Non-ITM category, how 'bout Flook's Glass Polka?
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Guess I'm cold hearted cause music doesn't make me cry, music fills me with enjoyment. :really:
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Flogging Jason wrote:Whilst not an Irish tune I love Ashokan Farewell. It's my favorite sad song to play on whistle.

Although I havn't figured it out for whistle The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda will always make me cry.
The basis guts of the song may be found here
http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiBANDPL ... DPLAY.html
then adapt some of the notes to make it sound as it should from recordings
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boulavogue and the dawning of the day
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I know that this is a little different, but we would suggest "Absent Friends" by Kevin Crawford (Lunasa) Just a great, great melody.
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I know it's not an Irish tune but Diamantina Drover by Redgum is heart breaking as a whistle solo.
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Key_of_D wrote:Guess I'm cold hearted cause music doesn't make me cry, music fills me with enjoyment. :really:
JRR Tolkien wrote:And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed...
until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regiouns where pain and delight flow together, and tears are the very wine of blessedness.

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Carrickfergus. Oh My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose. (that's Scottish--hope that's allowed)
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Post by Daleth »

An Raibh Tu Ag An GCarraig (Were You at the Rock, in english). Quite possibly the most lonesome, tear-jerking song that can be played on the penny whistle. You can see Seamus Ennis playing it on the uilleann pipes here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF3fW4Nox9U
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Folkwench wrote:I know it's not an Irish tune but Diamantina Drover by Redgum is heart breaking as a whistle solo.
The lady that played whistle in Redgum is solely responsible for me taking up playing the whistle,
After watching a live performance, years ago i was literally blown away,
for me she made the whole performace,
the band redgum has many great thought provoking songs,
-I was only 19, still tugs on heart strings,
I have just recently finished teaching my 11 yr old daughter the words to Poor Ned, which she has a fascination about, the whistle solo in that is nice also
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Ur-Chnoc Chéin Mhic Chainte
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