G'day MudCatters all,

I downloaded Alan of Oz's cute little MIDItext program and (all things being equable) should have ABC / MIDI for the tunes to the songs I posted last week.

This is the collected version of the Seizure of the Cyprus Brig, as sung by Jack Davies at St John's Park, New Town Tasmania, Australia in 1961. The tune is straight out of British Isles tradition of the mid 19th century and is slightly worked over as a singing version, by Ron Edwards - a folklorist of venerable status and astonishing breadth of interest - now resident in Kuranda, up above Cairns, Far North Queensland.

Regards,

Bob Bolton

MIDI file: cyprusrb.mid

Timebase: 240

TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Tempo: 120 (500000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0720 1 60 080 0096 0 60 064 0024 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 65 080 0288 0 65 064 0072 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 65 080 0384 0 65 064 0096 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 65 080 0288 0 65 064 0072 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0576 0 60 064 0144 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0288 0 60 064 0072 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 72 080 0384 0 72 064 0096 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 70 080 0288 0 70 064 0072 1 72 080 0096 0 72 064 0024 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 67 080 0576 0 67 064 0144 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 60 080 0288 0 60 064 0072 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 72 080 0384 0 72 064 0096 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 70 080 0288 0 70 064 0072 1 72 080 0096 0 72 064 0024 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 67 080 0576 0 67 064 0144 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0288 0 67 064 0072 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 65 080 0288 0 65 064 0072 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0576 0 60 064
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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:
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:C
C7E|F3FF2F2|F4G2E2|F3EC2C2|C6C2|C3EG2G2|c4G2A2|
^A3c^A2A2|G6G2|C3EG2G2|c4G2A2|^A3c^A2A2|G6G2|
G3FC2C2|E2F2G2EE|F3EC2C2|C19/4||