OK, here are the MIDIs malcolm and I came up with. Malcolm, I will bow to you and allow you go go first:

MIDI file: CROOKED.MID

Timebase: 120

TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Key: C
Tempo: 100 (600000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 77 100 0060 0 77 000 0000 1 77 100 0060 0 77 000 0000 1 77 100 0060 0 77 000 0000 1 77 100 0120 0 77 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 77 100 0060 0 77 000 0000 1 79 100 0060 0 79 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 74 100 0180 0 74 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 76 100 0120 0 76 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 77 100 0180 0 77 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 77 100 0060 0 77 000 0000 1 77 100 0060 0 77 000 0000 1 77 100 0060 0 77 000 0000 1 77 100 0120 0 77 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 77 100 0060 0 77 000 0000 1 79 100 0060 0 79 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 74 100 0120 0 74 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 76 100 0120 0 76 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 76 100 0060 0 76 000 0000 1 77 100 0180 0 77 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:
M:4/4
Q:1/4=100
K:C
ccffff2e|fgdddd3|deeeee2e|dccdef3|ccffff2e|
fgdddd2d|de2eeeee|dccdef3||

Malcolm's is the version I remember from my childhood. I found the following tune in a book called Complete Nursery Song Book (1947, Inez Bertail). Illustrations are by Walt Kelly, so it ain't your ordinary sweet nursery rhyme book. It's kind of like "Pogo Does Mother Goose."

MIDI file: CROOKED2.MID

Timebase: 192

Name: There Was a Crooked man
Text: By (traditional)
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Start
0672 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0128 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 65 110 0094 0 65 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 65 110 0094 0 65 000 0002 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 60 110 0094 0 60 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0128 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0128 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 74 110 0094 0 74 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 65 110 0094 0 65 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 60 110 0094 0 60 000 0002 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 60 110 0160 0 60 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here

ABC format:

X:1
T:There Was a Crooked man
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:C
G8|cBcAG2EG|cBcAG3G|FGAFE2GE|DEDCG3G|GABGA3A|
BcdBc2GG|c2BAGAFD|CEGGC7/4||

Oh, and the lyrics:

There was a crook-ed man and he walked a crook-ed mile,
He found a crook-ed six-pence up-on a crook-ed stile.
He bought a crook-ed cat, which caught a crook-ed mouse
And they all lived to-geth-er in a crook-ed lit-tle house.

For those of you who are allergic to MIDITEXT, you will soon find the tunes at Mudcat MIDIs, or Midcat Mudis, or whatever..... Look under "there."

-Joe Offer-