The whistle and sing handbooks were designed by the author to offer modern arrangements of the more tuneful songs, airs and dance music of Ireland. Throughout the book there are useful charts of instruments, tips, on transposing etc. The author's often wry comments on the tunes will also raise a chuckle or two. Tunes in book 1 include: Flax In Bloom, Hare In The Heather, Pigeon On The Gate, Scent Of The Bog, Captaine Dunne's, Tyrone's Ditches, Belfast Polka, Sweets Of May, and many more.