I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave in G Major — Jig | Tenor Banjo TAB & D Whistle Fingering

I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave GDAE tenor banjo TAB, four measures per line

Japanese version: I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave(Gメジャー・Jig)|バンジョーTABとD管ホイッスル運指

“I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave,” an Irish session jig, has been converted with ABC2Tab for D tin whistle and GDAE tenor banjo. The score shows standard notation, note-by-note whistle fingering, and banjo string and fret positions.

Session arrangement and YouTube performance

Fuller session arrangement

A local ABC2Tab arrangement that preserves the written melody and repeats while adding whistle, GDAE tenor banjo, fiddle, accordion, guitar, bass, drone, and a bodhrán-style pulse. It is not presented as generative-AI audio.

I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave — session arrangement

A popular performance on YouTube

A high-view performance selected after checking the tune-title match, public status, and embeddability. 25,377 views when checked on 2026-07-26.

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Listen to the score

A practice rendition of the written melody and repeats, voiced with D whistle and GDAE tenor banjo.

I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave — score-faithful practice audio

Basic information

  • Tune type: Jig
  • Time signature: 6/8
  • Key: G Major
  • Tenor banjo tuning: GDAE
  • Whistle: D tin whistle (zero unsupported notes)

Both the whistle-fingering score and banjo TAB use consistent four-measure systems.

D tin whistle: standard notation and fingering

Six circles appear below every note. A filled circle means covered, an open circle means uncovered, and the top circle is nearest the mouthpiece.

I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave: standard notation and D tin whistle fingering, four measures per line
D tin whistle: standard notation and fingering, four measures per line

Tenor banjo: standard notation and GDAE TAB

Note names appear above the staff and TAB below it. The strings are tuned G-D-A-E from lowest to highest; numbers are frets and 0 is an open string.

I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave: standard notation and GDAE tenor banjo TAB, four measures per line
GDAE tenor banjo: standard notation and TAB, four measures per line

How to practise

  1. Feel 6/8 as two broad beats, with three notes inside each beat.
  2. Repeat each four-measure system, checking whistle fingering and banjo position separately.
  3. Play with the practice audio, then use the fuller arrangement to hear the complete tune flow.

Source and conversion method

The melody was checked against public setting #16239 on The Session.

Source: I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave on The Session

The public ABC notation was entered into ABC2Tab and converted to D-whistle fingering and GDAE tenor-banjo TAB. This article does not reproduce The Session’s page text.

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