slip jig · Key of G

Give us a drink of water

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Give us a drink of water"Give us a drink of waterSlip jig, hopanon. (Ireland)05253532052523000052535320523025555323023205Tenor Banjo3230235532375320502352535323023205323023557535322050235253Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 420
ABC notation source
X:420
T:Give us a drink of water
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 420
R:Slip jig, hop
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:G
D|GBd gdc BAG|(B<d)B cAA A2(A|G)Bd gdc BAG|(B<c)A BGG G2:|d|gfg efg fed|
gfg efg a2d|gfg bag fed|efg afd g2d|gfg efg fed|gfg efg a2a|bag agf fed|efg afd g2|]
FAQ

Questions about Give us a drink of water

  • Give us a drink of water is in G, in 9/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a slip jig, written in 9/8.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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