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I am an English teacher in Xi'an, China. I play music for cash on the side and am an amateur whistler.
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A tribute to Noel Coppage and the words to his song “Night Driver” can be found here. (From the Monadnock Folklore Society).
And here’s is Noel Coppage’s Story.
Please read the full article here
If you haven’t got it yet, I am pro-whistling. Robert Schauffler gives a more elegant and scholarly defense than I could ever give, and I am happy to read it for you.
A Defense of Whistling
Summary
This is an editorial from The Independent weekly magazine, published on August 15th, 1912. I don’t know the author; the editorial is not signed, but my guess is that it is Hamilton Holt. Here is a link to the article, the photos for the contest, and some other information, if you are so inclined.
Whistling
Summary
This is an article from 1982, written by Daniel H. Resneck for American Heritage. It focuses on Alice J. Shaw, one of the earliest recorded whistlers and an inspiration for whistling women, breaking the taboo that “Whistling women and crowing hens, never come to good ends.”
Here is a link to the article:
Here is an excellent article on Alice J. Shaw that seems to fill in many of the biographical gaps in her life: