Tin whistle The whistle's fingering system is similar to that of the six hole, "simple system English flutes" ("simple" in comparison to Boehm system flutes). The six hole, diatonic system is also used on baroque flutes, and was of course well known before Robert Clarke began producing his tin whistles. Clarke's first whistle, the Meg, was pitched in high A and was later made in other keys suitable for Victorian parlour music. The company showed the whistles in The Great Exhibition of 1851. The Clark tin whistle is voiced somewhat on an organ-pipe with a flattened tube forming the lip of the
Does My Ring Burn Your Finger Does My Ring Burn Your Finger "Does My Ring Burn Your Finger" is a song written by Julie Miller and Buddy Miller, and recorded by American country music artist Lee Ann Womack. It was released in October 2001 as the fourth and final single from her CD "I Hope You Dance". The song peaked at number 23 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks. Chuck Taylor of "Billboard" called the song "A haunting hillbilly treatise on the pain of betrayal and loss" They also wrote, "From the opening Appalachian twang of a mournful-sounding fiddle to Womack's achingly beautiful delivery,