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Thread #7966   Message #48388
Posted By: alison
07-Dec-98 - 05:34 AM
Thread Name: Australian Christmas Carols
Subject: Lyr/Chords/Tune Add: THE CAROL OF THE BIRDS
Here's one you mentioned above.

THE CAROL OF THE BIRDS

(C )Out on the plains the brolgas are dancing
(Dm)Lifting their feet like warhorses prancing
(C) Up to the sun the (F)woodlarks go winging
(Am)Faint in the (C )dawn light (F)echoes their (G) singing
Or(C )ana! Or(Am)ana! Or(Dm7)ana to (G7)Christmas (C)Day.

Down where the tree ferns grow by the river
There where the waters sparkle and quiver
Deep in the gullies bell-birds are chiming
Softly and sweetly their lyric notes rhyming
Orana! Orana! Orana to Christmas Day.

Friar birds sip the nectar of flowers
Currawongs chant in wattle tree bowers
In the blue ranges lorikeets calling
Carols of bush birds rising and falling
Orana! Orana! Orana to Christmas Day.

MIDI file: CAROLBIR.MID

Timebase: 480

Name:
TimeSig: 6/8 24 4
Key: C
Tempo: 090 (666666 microsec/crotchet)
Start
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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:
M:6/8
Q:1/4=90
K:C
CCDE2F|GAGF2E|DDEF2G|ABAG2F|EEFG2E|DDEF2D|
CCDEDC|DEFGAB|c3G2E|c3A2E|cAFE2D|C6||

I've got Emu up a gum tree somewhere I'll look it up.

Slainte

alison