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Thread #7966   Message #49778
Posted By: Barbara
16-Dec-98 - 01:17 PM
Thread Name: Australian Christmas Carols
Subject: RE: Australian Christmas Carols
Couple questions for you folk that know these songs. I've been trying to fit words and tune together for The Carol of the Birds.
Which word in the last line of the verse gets two (or more) notes? I guessed "dawn", and maybe the "-ing" of "singing"
And where does the chorus start? On the seventh of the scale, so that the measure starts with the tonic (C) and the second syllable of "Or- RAN- a!"? Or is it "OR- an- a!"?
Nice song, tho it sneaks right in there and prints itself on my frontal lobes where I can't pry it off day or night.
Blessings,
Barbara