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Thread #28709   Message #3389300
Posted By: Artful Codger
12-Aug-12 - 05:37 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Rise Up Shepherd and Follow
Subject: ABC: Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow
The 1909 Fenner book is available for free viewing and download at Google Books:
http://books.google.com/books?id=DhMzAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA173

The Hymn Site offers some nice harmonized MIDIs; see this web page:
http://www.hymnsite.com/fws/hymn.cgi?2096

The Cyber Hymnal also has a nice harmonized MIDI and score (available in both PDF and NWC formats).
http://hymntime.com/tch/htm/r/i/s/riseupsh.htm

Below I've transcribed the (melody-only) score from Fenner into ABC; feed it to the folkinfo.org ABC Converter to generate a MIDI and PDF score. You'll probably want to transpose the output, since G-flat isn't the most instrument-friendly key.


X:1
T:Rise Up, Shepherd, an' Foller
%%writefields SN
S:"Religious Folk Songs of the Negro, as Sung on the Plantations" p. 173, Thomas Putnam Fenner,
S:\   Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Hampton, Va. : The Institute Press, 1909).
N:Labeled "Christmas plantation song".
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:Gb
d/ B/ | d(d/ B/)dB | BAA2 | AA_
w: 1.~Dere's a Star in de Eas' on Christ-mas morn, Rise, up,
w: 2.~If yo' take good* heed to~de an-gel's word, Rise up,
c/ c/ B | A<A z d/ B/ | d (B/ B/) d B/ B/ |
w: Shep-herd, an' fol-ler; It' ll lead t' de place where de
w: Shepherd, an' fol-ler; yo'll for-get yo'* flocks, you'll for-
AB((F/ E/)D) | FFE/ E/D | B,<D z ||
w: Sav-iour's born,__ Rise up, Shepherd, an' fol-ler;
w: get yo' herds,__ Rise up, Shepherd, an' fol-ler;
"^Refrain" DFAA | BBA2 | AA_c/ c/B | A<A z2 |
w: Leave yo' sheep and leave you' lambs, Rise up, Shep-herd, an' fol-ler,
DFAA | BBA2 | FFE/ E/DB,<D z2 |
w: Leave yo' ewes an' leave yo' rams, Rise up, Shep-herd, an' fol-ler;
D>FA2 | A2A2 | AA_c/ c/B | A<A z2 | DF/>F/
w: Fol--ler, fol-ler, Rise up, Shep-herd, an' fol-ler; Fol-ler de
AA | BA(F/ E/D) | FFE/ E/D | B,<D z |]
w: Star o' Beth-le-hem,__ Rise up, Shep-herd, an' fol-ler.