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Thread #48931   Message #797457
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
05-Oct-02 - 01:03 PM
Thread Name: Tune Add: Missing DT tunes - Part NINE
Subject: RE: Tune Add: Missing DT tunes - Part NINE
I've now gone through the new "missing" list. The following is a list of those which have already been dealt with by me or by others, together with a few that I had forgotten to signal as "done".

BUSHWILI   ABOUT THE BUSH, WILLY
POACHRS   BOLD POACHERS,   Source notes and corrections to mistakes in the DT file HERE
DROYLSDN   DROYLSDEN WAKES   Tune is at Mudcat Midis.
GREENLDY   THE GREEN LADY   Tune is at Mudcat Midis. Something very odd has happened to the text in the DT file, with line-breaks in the middle of words and all sorts; perhaps somebody could fiddle with it at some point.... There's a correction to the lyrics in the original thread; for reasons explained there, there is a line missing: Green Lady
HALFHITC   HALF HITCH   Tune is at Mudcat Midis.
HANGEDBE   HANGED I SHALL BE   A midi of the tune can be got via a link in the old amalgamated thread: Hanged I shall be   There's also some additional source information -such as the name of the singer from whom it was collected- that ought to be incorporated into the DT file.
HIHORO   HI HORO 'S NA HORO EILE   Done. details HERE
HUNWREN2   HUNTING THE WREN   This shouldn't be on the list at all; it's got a midi.
GRENHOLN   HOLLIN, GREEN HOLLIN  I thought I'd mentioned this one, but it looks as if I forgot; which is embarrassing, as it was written by a Douglas. The DT file is taken from Boulton and MacLeod's Songs of the North vol. II, and I've made a midi from the notation in that book.
IWILLGO   I WILL GO   Did it a year ago.
DIEDLOV2   I WISH, I WISH   Tune is at Mudcat Midis.
KEEPLOVE   I WONDER WHAT IS KEEPING MY TRUE LOVE TONIGHT   Tune is at Mudcat Midis.
OLDSONG2   THE OLD SONGS (2)  Midi made from notation in English Dance and Song (volume 52 number 3; October 1990): words by Bob Copper, tune by Peter Bellamy. The text in the DT seems to be mainly that posted in the thread Lyr Req: The Old Songs, with the gaps corrected from the "official" text I provided when the thread was revived.
PRSSGANG   PRESS GANG   Dealt with (provisionally)   HERE
STRMWIND   STORMY WINDS   Dealt with HERE.
STPSTONE   STEPSTONE   This one has a midi. There are three other "Stepstone" files with various titles; those I dealt with some time back, and they are no longer on the list.
MENKENT   THREE MERRY MEN OF KENT   I thought that I'd mentioned this one already, but I can't find any reference now. This song was published in William Chappell's Popular Music of the Olden Time, vol.II, p.558 (1859), though the DT names no source. Midi made from the notation given in that book.
GONEALOF   TOM BOWLING  There was apparently a midi (made by me) on the Midi Pages, but it isn't there now. I'll send it in again.
KIRKCPED   THE WEE KIRKCUDBRIGHT CENTIPEDE   I've dealt with this somewhere, and I think corrected the lyric, but I can't find the Forum reference just at present.
BATTLWON   WHEN THE BATTLE IT WAS WON   Dealt with HERE.
WHITFISH   WHITE FISHER   Dealt with here and in Lyr & Tune Add: The White Fisher. The set I posted (which Bronson did not have access to) is now in the DT, with tune: THE WHITE FISHER 2, with additional source notes for the other DT file. We can't know if the tune is the same or even similar to whatever the other text was sung to, but it's the only one available.
WIMWAMWD   WIM WAM WADDLES   Dealt with HERE.
YNGBNKR   YOUNG BANKER   Dealt with HERE.
YNGHUNT5   YOUNG REDIN   Dealt with HERE.

The following were signed off earlier in this thread:

DREMFEYG   DREMLEN FEYGL (Drowsing Birds)
MORRBLCK   MORRISSEY AND THE BLACK
YONFORST   DOWN IN YON FORREST
MRBLOCK   MR. BLOCK
ADLAMANG   MRS. ADLAM'S ANGELS
OLDMINER   OLD MINER

Are you ready for the second batch of midis, Leo? It's bigger than the last one I sent you...