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About Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush

Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush is a nursery rhyme in F major — beginner-friendly, running from C to C and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Nursery rhyme
Key
F major · 3/8
Range
C to C · first position
Notes used
C D E F G A
Level
Beginner-friendly

Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush — sheet music

F major · 3/8

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

F F F | F A | C C A | F F G G E | C C | A A G | F F F F | F A | C C A | F F G A G | C E | F | F F F F | F A | C A | F G G G | G A | G E | C F F F | F A | C A | F A G A G | C D E | F | F

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Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-------|-----|-------|-----|
A|-------|---0-|-3-3-0-|-----|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-------|-3-3-|
G|-------|-----|-------|-----|
E|-------|-----|-------|---|
A|-------|-----|-0-0---|---|
D|-5-5-2-|-----|-----5-|-3-|
G|-------|-5-5-|-------|---|
E|-------|-----|-------|-----|
A|-------|---0-|-3-3-0-|-----|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-------|-3-3-|
G|-------|-----|-------|-----|
E|-------|-----|---|---|
A|---0---|-----|---|---|
D|-5---5-|---2-|-3-|-3-|
G|-------|-5---|---|---|
E|-------|-----|-----|---|
A|-------|---0-|-3-0-|---|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-----|-3-|
G|-------|-----|-----|---|
E|-------|-----|-----|---|
A|-------|---0-|-----|---|
D|-5-5-5-|-5---|-5-2-|---|
G|-------|-----|-----|-5-|
E|-------|-----|-----|-----|
A|-------|---0-|-3-0-|---0-|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-----|-3---|
G|-------|-----|-----|-----|
E|-------|-------|---|---|
A|---0---|-------|---|---|
D|-5---5-|---0-2-|-3-|-3-|
G|-------|-5-----|---|---|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-------|-----|-------|-----|
A|-------|---0-|-3-3-0-|-----|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-------|-3-3-|
G|-------|-----|-------|-----|
E|-------|-----|-------|---|
A|-------|-----|-0-0---|---|
D|-5-5-2-|-----|-----5-|-3-|
G|-------|-5-5-|-------|---|
E|-------|-----|-------|-----|
A|-------|---0-|-3-3-0-|-----|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-------|-3-3-|
G|-------|-----|-------|-----|
E|-------|-----|---|---|
A|---0---|-----|---|---|
D|-5---5-|---2-|-3-|-3-|
G|-------|-5---|---|---|
E|-------|-----|-----|---|
A|-------|---0-|-3-0-|---|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-----|-3-|
G|-------|-----|-----|---|
E|-------|-----|-----|---|
A|-------|---0-|-----|---|
D|-5-5-5-|-5---|-5-2-|---|
G|-------|-----|-----|-5-|
E|-------|-----|-----|-----|
A|-------|---0-|-3-0-|---0-|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-----|-3---|
G|-------|-----|-----|-----|
E|-------|-------|---|---|
A|---0---|-------|---|---|
D|-5---5-|---0-2-|-3-|-3-|
G|-------|-5-----|---|---|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|----------|------|---------|-------|
A|----------|----0-|-L2-L2-0-|-------|
D|-L2-L2-L2-|-L2---|---------|-L2-L2-|
G|----------|------|---------|-------|
E|-------|-----|-------|----|
A|-------|-----|-0-0---|----|
D|-3-3-1-|-----|-----3-|-L2-|
G|-------|-3-3-|-------|----|
E|----------|------|---------|-------|
A|----------|----0-|-L2-L2-0-|-------|
D|-L2-L2-L2-|-L2---|---------|-L2-L2-|
G|----------|------|---------|-------|
E|-------|-----|----|----|
A|---0---|-----|----|----|
D|-3---3-|---1-|-L2-|-L2-|
G|-------|-3---|----|----|
E|----------|------|------|----|
A|----------|----0-|-L2-0-|----|
D|-L2-L2-L2-|-L2---|------|-L2-|
G|----------|------|------|----|
E|-------|-----|-----|---|
A|-------|---0-|-----|---|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-3-1-|---|
G|-------|-----|-----|-3-|
E|----------|------|------|------|
A|----------|----0-|-L2-0-|----0-|
D|-L2-L2-L2-|-L2---|------|-L2---|
G|----------|------|------|------|
E|-------|-------|----|----|
A|---0---|-------|----|----|
D|-3---3-|---0-1-|-L2-|-L2-|
G|-------|-3-----|----|----|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-------|-----|-------|-----|
B|-------|-----|-1-1---|-----|
G|-------|---2-|-----2-|-----|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-------|-3-3-|
A|-------|-----|-------|-----|
E|-------|-----|-------|-----|
e|-------|-----|-------|---|
B|-------|-----|-------|---|
G|-0-0---|-----|-2-2-0-|---|
D|-----2-|-----|-------|-3-|
A|-------|-3-3-|-------|---|
E|-------|-----|-------|---|
e|-------|-----|-------|-----|
B|-------|-----|-1-1---|-----|
G|-------|---2-|-----2-|-----|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-------|-3-3-|
A|-------|-----|-------|-----|
E|-------|-----|-------|-----|
e|-------|-----|---|---|
B|-------|-----|---|---|
G|-0-2-0-|-----|---|---|
D|-------|---2-|-3-|-3-|
A|-------|-3---|---|---|
E|-------|-----|---|---|
e|-------|-----|-----|---|
B|-------|-----|-1---|---|
G|-------|---2-|---2-|---|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-----|-3-|
A|-------|-----|-----|---|
E|-------|-----|-----|---|
e|-------|-----|-----|---|
B|-------|-----|-----|---|
G|-0-0-0-|-0-2-|-0---|---|
D|-------|-----|---2-|---|
A|-------|-----|-----|-3-|
E|-------|-----|-----|---|
e|-------|-----|-----|-----|
B|-------|-----|-1---|-----|
G|-------|---2-|---2-|---2-|
D|-3-3-3-|-3---|-----|-3---|
A|-------|-----|-----|-----|
E|-------|-----|-----|-----|
e|-------|-------|---|---|
B|-------|-------|---|---|
G|-0-2-0-|-------|---|---|
D|-------|---0-2-|-3-|-3-|
A|-------|-3-----|---|---|
E|-------|-------|---|---|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-------|---0-|-3-3-0-|-----|
E|-1-1-1-|-1---|-------|-1-1-|
C|-------|-----|-------|-----|
G|-------|-----|-------|-----|
A|-------|-----|-0-0---|---|
E|-----0-|-----|-------|-1-|
C|-------|-0-0-|-------|---|
G|-0-0---|-----|-----0-|---|
A|-------|---0-|-3-3-0-|-----|
E|-1-1-1-|-1---|-------|-1-1-|
C|-------|-----|-------|-----|
G|-------|-----|-------|-----|
A|---0---|-----|---|---|
E|-------|---0-|-1-|-1-|
C|-------|-0---|---|---|
G|-0---0-|-----|---|---|
A|-------|---0-|-3-0-|---|
E|-1-1-1-|-1---|-----|-1-|
C|-------|-----|-----|---|
G|-------|-----|-----|---|
A|-------|---0-|-----|---|
E|-------|-----|---0-|---|
C|-------|-----|-----|-0-|
G|-0-0-0-|-0---|-0---|---|
A|-------|---0-|-3-0-|---0-|
E|-1-1-1-|-1---|-----|-1---|
C|-------|-----|-----|-----|
G|-------|-----|-----|-----|
A|---0---|-------|---|---|
E|-------|-----0-|-1-|-1-|
C|-------|-0-2---|---|---|
G|-0---0-|-------|---|---|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush chords

F major · 2 chords: F, C7

F
F
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
F
F
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
F
F
F
F
C7
C7
C7
C7
F
F
F
F
C7
C7
F
F

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FC7×

Ukulele chords for Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FC7

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FC7

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This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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