Uploaded January 2013 | Updated September 2026, 4 minutes ago

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I fell in love with this haunting Irish tune, The Parting Glass, and gave a whirl at learning it on my tin whistle. And why not add some sunrise footage that I took at the OBX? Yes, I know a sunSET would be more appropriate... I'll get right on that as soon as I get to travel cross country to the west coast. ;-)

I hope the sound quality is at least decent. I'm a self-taught whistler with no sound equipment, so I just recorded this on my cheap MP3 recorder in the quietest room of my house that I could find (not very quiet). Thank goodness for free sound editing software!

For those interested, this is on my Clarke D tin whistle. I hoped the softer sound would be better for a recording than my Freeman tweaked Generation whistles.

Lyrics to the song:

"Oh all the money that e'er I spent
I spent it in good company
And all the harm that e'er I've done
Alas, it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all

Oh all the comrades that e'er I've had
Are sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I've had
Would wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call
Good night and joy be with you all"