The Old Orange Flute

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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

THE OLD ORANGE FLUTE
Irish folk song
Key: D
Time: 6/8

4   4   4   5  6   6
In the coun-ty Ty-rone
 -5   5   -4  4  -4   5   4
Near the town of Dun-gan-non
  4    4  5  6   7    7
Where man-y the ruc-tions
7   -7   6 -6 -7   6
Me-self had a han’-in
 6   7   7    7   -7
Bob Wil-liam-son lived
5  -5  6  -6   6
A weav-er by trade
 4   4  5  5    -5     6
And all of us thought him
-5 -4   4  -3     4
A stout Or-ange blade
6   6     7    6  6  6
On the twelfth of Ju-ly
-6 -6  -6  -5 -5   -5
As it year-ly did come
-6    6     5    5    5
Bob played with his flute
-5  6   -5   -4 -4 -4
To the sound of a drum
 6   6   7   7   7    -7
You may talk of your harp
 6   5  -5 6 -6  6
Your pi-an-o or lute
 4     4     4    5   5   -5
But there’s none can com-pare
 6   -5  -4  4   -3    4
With the old or-ange flute

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