How to Play Give Us A Drink Of Water on the Tin Whistle

Give Us A Drink Of Water is a slip jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G major (9/8, around 200 beats per minute). It uses 12 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Slip jig in g major (137 notes after repeat-expansion).

The interactive sheet music below shows a fingering chart under every note. Press Practice to play along while the app listens to your microphone and tracks your place in the score note by note, or print a clean copy of the score and fingering reference.