The DH has had the flu for a few days. Tonight he emerged from the realm of sleeplessness, OTC medication and exhaustion to announce that he wants to play "Tessie, You are the only, only, only" on the harp. As done by the punk band The Drop Kick Murphys.

Here's a link to a video of the band doing the song:

tessie rocks

We saw the movie "Fever Pitch" nine years ago, and suddenly he wants to play this song from sound track. Well, it's okay by me. The movie was about the Boston Red Sox, and long ago, "Tessie" was sung (and parodied) by Sox fans. It's been revived.

This song originated in 1902, and the composer was Will R. Anderson,and I can find the original music on the Lester Levy site. (Tessie was a parakeet.) The old melody is much the same, but it has that Tin Pan Alley sound. The modern version has a plainer, barer, rock sound.

How do I convert the 1902 tonality to the 2004 tonality? Merely ignoring the accidentals does not do it.   However, I suspect there's a fairly simple trick to it.