Hi,

Here's the tune... to the chorus bit anyway "When father papered......etc."

In the UK we had a sitcom called "Brush strokes" about a painting and decorating firm. When the boss of the firm died... guess what they sang at his funeral... I admit they did sing it slowly... sounded good too.

I'm not sure how the tune to the verse goes.

MIDI file: WHENFATH.MID

Timebase: 480

Name: When father papered the parlour
TimeSig: 6/8 24 4
Key: C
Tempo: 100 (600000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
1200 1 64 042 0238 0 64 042 0002 1 57 035 0478 0 57 035 0002 1 59 030 0238 0 59 030 0002 1 60 032 0238 0 60 032 0002 1 60 031 0238 0 60 031 0002 1 62 031 0238 0 62 031 0002 1 64 040 0718 0 64 040 0002 1 69 016 0478 0 69 016 0002 1 64 040 0238 0 64 040 0002 1 65 038 0238 0 65 038 0002 1 65 036 0238 0 65 036 0002 1 65 040 0238 0 65 040 0002 1 62 029 0478 0 62 029 0002 1 65 029 0238 0 65 029 0002 1 64 034 1438 0 64 034 0002 1 64 049 0238 0 64 049 0002 1 59 034 0238 0 59 034 0002 1 59 027 0238 0 59 027 0002 1 59 026 0718 0 59 026 0002 1 64 035 0232 1 57 034 0011 0 64 035 0227 0 57 034 0015 1 57 023 0235 1 57 033 0008 0 57 023 0710 0 57 033 0002 1 60 029 0478 0 60 029 0002 1 57 030 0238 0 57 030 0002 1 60 036 0478 0 60 036 0002 1 57 025 0238 0 57 025 0002 1 60 036 0478 0 60 036 0002 1 62 032 0238 0 62 032 0002 1 64 038 0478 0 64 038 0002 1 64 053 0238 0 64 053 0002 1 57 038 0238 0 57 038 0002 1 57 030 0238 0 57 030 0002 1 59 031 0238 0 59 031 0002 1 60 043 0238 0 60 043 0002 1 60 033 0207 1 62 035 0036 0 60 033 0222 0 62 035 0015 1 64 038 0718 0 64 038 0002 1 69 037 0478 0 69 037 0002 1 64 032 0238 0 64 032 0002 1 65 042 0238 0 65 042 0002 1 65 042 0238 0 65 042 0002 1 65 044 0238 0 65 044 0002 1 62 033 0238 0 62 033 0002 1 64 031 0238 0 64 031 0002 1 65 025 0238 0 65 025 0002 1 64 032 1198 0 64 032 0002 1 64 033 0238 0 64 033 0002 1 69 043 0478 0 69 043 0002 1 69 042 0238 0 69 042 0002 1 67 048 0478 0 67 048 0002 1 67 040 0238 0 67 040 0002 1 64 019 0478 0 64 019 0002 1 64 042 0238 0 64 042 0002 1 62 031 0238 0 62 031 0002 1 60 027 0238 0 60 027 0002 1 62 036 0238 0 62 036 0002 1 64 038 0478 0 64 038 0002 1 62 030 0238 0 62 030 0002 1 59 038 0478 0 59 038 0002 1 60 044 0238 0 60 044 0002 1 57 037 1438 0 57 037
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:When father papered the parlour
M:6/8
Q:1/4=100
K:C
E6|A,2B,CCD|E3A2E|FFFD2F|E6|EB,B,B,3|EA,A,A,3|
C2A,C2A,|C2DE2E|A,A,B,CC7/8D9/8|E3A2E|FFFDEF|
E5E|A2AG2G|E2EDCD|E2DB,2C|A,6||

Slainte

alison