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About Oh Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore

Oh Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore is a two-part Irish barndance in D major — one for the more experienced, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Barndance, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D major · 4/4
Range
D to b · first position
Notes used
C♯ D D♯ E F♯ G G♯ A A♯ B
Level
One for the more experienced

Oh Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore — sheet music

D major · 4/4

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♯ G G♯ | A f♯ d B A G♯ A A♯ | B g e g B e d | C♯ g B g A A B C♯ d f♯ e d C♯ B A F♯ G G♯ | A f♯ d B A G♯ A A♯ | B g e g B f♯ e d | C♯ g B g A B C♯ B A d A D | a g♯ a | b a f♯ d A d C♯ d | e d C♯ d B e d C♯ g B g A A B C♯ | d f♯ e d C♯ B A a g♯ a | b a f♯ d A d C♯ d | e d♯ e g B e d♯ B C♯ g B g A a g f♯ e | d A A A d

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Oh Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore — tab

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

Oh Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-------|---2-------------|---3-0-3---0---|---3---3---------|
A|-------|-0---5-2-0---0-1-|-2-------2---5-|-4---2---0-0-2-4-|
D|-4-5-6-|-----------6-----|---------------|-----------------|
G|-------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---2-0---------------|---2-------------|---3-0-3---2-0---|---3---3-----------|
A|-5-----5-4-2-0-------|-0---5-2-0---0-1-|-2-------2-----5-|-4---2---0-2-4-2-0-|
D|---------------4-5-6-|-----------6-----|-----------------|-------------------|
G|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|-------|-5-4-5-|-7-5-2-----------|-0---------0---|
A|-5-0---|-------|-------5-0-5-4-5-|---5-4-5-2---5-|
D|-----0-|-------|-----------------|---------------|
G|-------|-------|-----------------|---------------|
E|---3---3---------|---2-0---------5-4-5-|-7-5-2-----------|-0---0-3---0-----|
A|-4---2---0-0-2-4-|-5-----5-4-2-0-------|-------5-0-5-4-5-|---6-----2---6-2-|
D|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---3---3---5-3-2-0-|-----------|
A|-4---2---0---------|-5-0-0-0-5-|
D|-------------------|-----------|
G|-------------------|-----------|

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

Oh Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-------|---2-------------|---3-0-3---0---|---3---3---------|
A|-------|-0---5-2-0---0-1-|-2-------2---5-|-4---2---0-0-2-4-|
D|-4-5-6-|-----------6-----|---------------|-----------------|
G|-------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---2-0---------------|---2-------------|---3-0-3---2-0---|---3---3-----------|
A|-5-----5-4-2-0-------|-0---5-2-0---0-1-|-2-------2-----5-|-4---2---0-2-4-2-0-|
D|---------------4-5-6-|-----------6-----|-----------------|-------------------|
G|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|-------|-5-4-5-|-7-5-2-----------|-0---------0---|
A|-5-0---|-------|-------5-0-5-4-5-|---5-4-5-2---5-|
D|-----0-|-------|-----------------|---------------|
G|-------|-------|-----------------|---------------|
E|---3---3---------|---2-0---------5-4-5-|-7-5-2-----------|-0---0-3---0-----|
A|-4---2---0-0-2-4-|-5-----5-4-2-0-------|-------5-0-5-4-5-|---6-----2---6-2-|
D|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---3---3---5-3-2-0-|-----------|
A|-4---2---0---------|-5-0-0-0-5-|
D|-------------------|-----------|
G|-------------------|-----------|

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

Oh Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|--------|---1---------------|---L2-0-L2---0---|---L2---L2---------|
A|--------|-0---3-1-0----0-L1-|-1---------1---3-|-2----1----0-0-1-2-|
D|-2-3-H3-|-----------H3------|-----------------|-------------------|
G|--------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|---1-0----------------|---1---------------|---L2-0-L2---1-0---|---L2---L2-----------|
A|-3-----3-2-1-0--------|-0---3-1-0----0-L1-|-1---------1-----3-|-2----1----0-1-2-1-0-|
D|---------------2-3-H3-|-----------H3------|-------------------|---------------------|
G|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
E|-------|-3-2-3-|-4-3-1-----------|-0---------0---|
A|-3-0---|-------|-------3-0-3-2-3-|---3-2-3-1---3-|
D|-----0-|-------|-----------------|---------------|
G|-------|-------|-----------------|---------------|
E|---L2---L2---------|---1-0---------3-2-3-|-4-3-1-----------|-0----0-L2---0------|
A|-2----1----0-0-1-2-|-3-----3-2-1-0-------|-------3-0-3-2-3-|---H3------1---H3-1-|
D|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|---L2---L2---3-L2-1-0-|-----------|
A|-2----1----0----------|-3-0-0-0-3-|
D|----------------------|-----------|
G|----------------------|-----------|

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

Oh Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-------|---2-------------|---3-0-3---0---|---3---3---------|
B|-------|-----3-0---------|-0-------0---3-|-2---0-------0-2-|
G|---0-1-|-2-------2-1-2-3-|---------------|---------2-2-----|
D|-4-----|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
A|-------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
e|---2-0---------------|---2-------------|---3-0-3---2-0---|---3---3-----------|
B|-3-----3-2-0---------|-----3-0---------|-0-------0-----3-|-2---0-----0-2-0---|
G|-------------2---0-1-|-2-------2-1-2-3-|-----------------|---------2-------2-|
D|---------------4-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
e|-------|-5-4-5-|-7-5-2-----------|-0---------0---|
B|-3-----|-------|-------3---3-2-3-|---3-2-3-0---3-|
G|---2---|-------|---------2-------|---------------|
D|-----0-|-------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-------|-------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-------|-------|-----------------|---------------|
e|---3---3---------|---2-0---------5-4-5-|-7-5-2-----------|-0---0-3---0-----|
B|-2---0-------0-2-|-3-----3-2-0---------|-------3---3-2-3-|---4-----0---4-0-|
G|---------2-2-----|-------------2-------|---------2-------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|---3---3---5-3-2-0-|-----------|
B|-2---0-------------|-3-------3-|
G|---------2---------|---2-2-2---|
D|-------------------|-----------|
A|-------------------|-----------|
E|-------------------|-----------|

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

Oh Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-------|-0-9-5-2-0---0-1-|-2-10-7-10-2-7-5-|-4-10-2-10-0-0-2-4-|
E|-2-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
C|-------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
G|---0-1-|-----------1-----|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-5-9-7-5-4-2-0-------|-0-9-5-2-0---0-1-|-2-10-7-10-2-9-7-5-|-4-10-2-10-0-2-4-2-0-|
E|---------------2-----|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
C|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
G|-----------------0-1-|-----------1-----|-------------------|---------------------|
A|-5-0---|-12-11-12-|-14-12-9-5-0-5-4-5-|-7-5-4-5-2-7-5-|
E|-------|----------|-------------------|---------------|
C|-----2-|----------|-------------------|---------------|
G|-------|----------|-------------------|---------------|
A|-4-10-2-10-0-0-2-4-|-5-9-7-5-4-2-0-12-11-12-|-14-12-9-5-0-5-4-5-|-7-6-7-10-2-7-6-2-|
E|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
C|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
G|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|-4-10-2-10-0-12-10-9-7-|-5-0-0-0-5-|
E|-----------------------|-----------|
C|-----------------------|-----------|
G|-----------------------|-----------|

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

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This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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