I’m looking for the sheet music or ABC notation for “Caledonia” by Dougie MacLean. Any help would be appreciated.
Hi! do you want the the whole song or just the whistle part? And what key would you like it in?
Ok this is the first time I’ve done this but I think it’s pretty accurate. I listened to it in the key he sings it in and then played it on my tin whistle (mine is in D) to get the notes. So below are the notes if you were to play it in the key of G. Sorry that it’s in the key of G but if you play whistle, that’s good right? haha…well whatever instrument you play, you’re playing it in G now 
Oh - and when this publishes on this forum, the spacing gets messed up. In microsoft word I placed the notes directly above the words they correspond with, but SORRY! not here!
F# G G G G A A
I don’t know if you can see
A B C D* C B C B A
The changes that have come over me
D D D G G G G A A
In these last few days I’ve been afraid
A A B C D*C
That I might drift away
D E G G G G E D G A A
So I’ve been telling old stories, singing songs
A B C D* B B C D*B A
That make me think about where I came from
D D G G D D A A
And that’s the reason why I seem
B B C D*B C
So far away today
CHORUS
B C C D* D* C C B B A
Oh, but let me tell you that I love you
G A B B B A A G E
That I think about you all the time
G G G G E E D D
Caledonia you’re calling me
B C B BA G G
And now I’m going home
(same as first part of chorus)
If I should become a stranger
You know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia’s been everything
I’ve ever had
(same as 1st verse)
Now I have moved and I’ve kept on moving
Proved the points that I needed proving
Lost the friends that I needed losing
Found others on the way
I have kissed the ladies and left them crying
Stolen dreams, yes there’s no denying
I have traveled hard with coattails flying
Somewhere in the wind
(same as 1st verse)
Now I’m sitting here before the fire
The empty room, the forest choir
The flames that could not get any higher
They’ve withered now they’ve gone
But I’m steady thinking my way is clear
And I know what I will do tomorrow
When the hands are shaken and the kisses flow
Then I will disappear
Just the mandatory reminder that this is likely copyrighted. Dougie has made a career out of it after all. Bought an island or something.
Anyways, don’t go sellin’ it for profit, now!
Oh…sorry…you mean the lyrics? or the tune? I didn’t realize…I just figured out the notes on my own…and the lyrics are free online…did I do something unlawful?
Thanks! I appreciate your effort. I found the lyrics but it would take me for ever to pick out the notes. I want to try it on a D Whistle so G shouldn’t be a problem. Golden Bough does a nice version of the song with a great whistle part which is what sparked my interest.
I’m not trying to get heavy about it and I don’t think the copyright police are gonna bust down your door. Yes, the lyrics are online, but this is one of the few musicians actually seeming to make money particularly on this tune, so it seemed noteworthy to point out. When Mary Black sings it on tv, I bet he is collecting royalties so you can see where it’s different than trad, much of which is basically anonymous, even if there are stories of origins of the tunes..
If you looked online and couldn’t find the whole sheet for it anywhere (music and lyrics), it MIGHT be because he is copy-protecting it.. That’s usually the clue. I remember looking for something a while back and being surprised that I couldn’t find it anywhere and I think that was the reason, that it was recently composed…
Best wishes and good effort.
Wasn’t this a big hit for Glen Campbell? Or maybe it was Neil Diamond … 
djm
Dolores Keane..
I don’t recall the Mary Black version, unless it was for the American market.
Slan,
D. 
You know, I almost typed Dolores Keane but then thought I was wrong… They play it on LiveIreland a lot, or at least used to…Got the grand dames mixed up. I hear Song for Ireland swirlin’ around the brain too, as a song covered by various divas, then I get confused…What a surprise. Nyuk.