Lyr Add: Kitty of Coleraine

Subject: Kitty of Coleraine
From: Alice
Date: 18 Sep 99 - 04:05 PM

Kitty of Coleraine
from County Derry, Northern Ireland

As beautiful Kitty one morning was tripping,
With a pitcher of milk from the fair of Coleraine,
When she saw him she stumbled, the pitcher it tumbled,
And all the sweet buttermilk watered the plain.
Oh! What shall I do now, 'twas looking at you now,
Sure, sure, such a pitcher I'll ne'er meet again.
'Twas the pride of my dairy, Oh, Barney McCleary,
You're sent as a plague on the girls of Coleraine.

He sat down beside her and gently did chide her,
That such a misfortune should give her such pain.
A kiss then he gave her, and before he did leave her,
She vowed for such pleasure, she'd break it again.
'Twas haymaking season, I can't tell the reason,
Misfortune will never come single 'tis plain,
For very soon after poor Kitty's disaster,
The divil a pitcher was whole in Coleraine.
^^

Subject: tune Add: Kitty of Coleraine
From: alison
Date: 20 Sep 99 - 05:08 AM

could be classed as either being from County Antrim or County Londonderry / Derry....... Coleraine is in both, (the River Bann being the border between the two).....

I'm sure I may have posted this before... but maybe not... so here's the tune

MIDI file: KITTYCOL.MID

Timebase: 480

Name: Kitty from Coleraine
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Tempo: 180 (333333 microsec/crotchet)
Key: G
Start
0960 1 62 037 0478 0 62 037 0002 1 62 044 0478 0 62 044 0002 1 67 050 0478 0 67 050 0002 1 67 038 0478 0 67 038 0002 1 67 049 0478 0 67 049 0002 1 71 040 0478 0 71 040 0002 1 74 045 0478 0 74 045 0002 1 69 033 0718 0 69 033 0002 1 71 041 0238 0 71 041 0002 1 69 037 0238 0 69 037 0002 1 67 032 0238 0 67 032 0002 1 67 038 0478 0 67 038 0002 1 66 026 0478 0 66 026 0002 1 64 037 0238 0 64 037 0002 1 62 046 0238 0 62 046 0002 1 62 031 0478 0 62 031 0002 1 67 031 0478 0 67 031 0027 1 67 042 0478 0 67 042 0014 1 71 046 0443 1 71 052 0035 0 71 046 0443 0 71 052 0002 1 74 032 0478 0 74 032 0002 1 69 044 0478 0 69 044 0002 1 71 038 0238 0 71 038 0002 1 69 030 0238 0 69 030 0002 1 67 040 0205 0 67 040 0052 1 66 025 0223 1 67 033 0048 0 66 025 0910 0 67 033 0002 1 62 029 0238 0 62 029 0002 1 62 034 0238 0 62 034 0002 1 62 027 0478 0 62 027 0002 1 67 032 0478 0 67 032 0002 1 67 043 0478 0 67 043 0002 1 67 040 0478 0 67 040 0002 1 71 036 0478 0 71 036 0002 1 74 029 0478 0 74 029 0002 1 69 042 0718 0 69 042 0002 1 71 030 0238 0 71 030 0002 1 69 032 0238 0 69 032 0002 1 67 019 0238 0 67 019 0002 1 67 044 0478 0 67 044 0002 1 66 024 0478 0 66 024 0002 1 62 026 0478 0 62 026 0002 1 74 061 0478 0 74 061 0002 1 71 029 0478 0 71 029 0002 1 67 036 0478 0 67 036 0002 1 76 040 0478 0 76 040 0002 1 72 024 0478 0 72 024 0002 1 69 040 0478 0 69 040 0002 1 62 031 0478 0 62 031 0002 1 64 040 0478 0 64 040 0002 1 66 026 0478 0 66 026 0002 1 67 036 0958 0 67 036 0002 1 71 031 0238 0 71 031 0002 1 72 030 0238 0 72 030 0002 1 74 048 0478 0 74 048 0002 1 71 033 0478 0 71 033 0002 1 67 036 0478 0 67 036 0002 1 69 036 0478 0 69 036 0002 1 66 022 0478 0 66 022 0002 1 62 044 0478 0 62 044 0002 1 74 043 0478 0 74 043 0002 1 71 032 0478 0 71 032 0002 1 67 031 0478 0 67 031 0002 1 69 036 0478 0 69 036 0002 1 66 026 0478 0 66 026 0002 1 62 025 0478 0 62 025 0002 1 74 036 0468 1 73 031 0010 0 74 036 0468 0 73 031 0014 1 74 037 0443 1 69 033 0035 0 74 037 0443 0 69 033 0076 1 71 032 0431 1 67 025 0047 0 71 032 0448 0 67 025 0002 1 66 037 0475 1 67 038 0011 0 66 037 0467 0 67 038 0002 1 64 032 0478 0 64 032 0002 1 62 041 0958 0 62 041 0002 1 62 036 0238 0 62 036 0002 1 60 036 0238 0 60 036 0002 1 59 040 0478 0 59 040 0002 1 62 038 0478 0 62 038 0002 1 67 041 0478 0 67 041 0002 1 67 036 0478 0 67 036 0002 1 71 036 0478 0 71 036 0002 1 74 043 0478 0 74 043 0002 1 69 043 0718 0 69 043 0002 1 71 037 0238 0 71 037 0002 1 69 030 0238 0 69 030 0002 1 67 037 0238 0 67 037 0002 1 67 038 0478 0 67 038 0002 1 66 026 0478 0 66 026 0002 1 64 036 0478 0 64 036 0002 1 74 059 0478 0 74 059 0002 1 71 036 0478 0 71 036 0002 1 67 032 0478 0 67 032 0002 1 76 045 0478 0 76 045 0002 1 72 030 0478 0 72 030 0002 1 69 042 0478 0 69 042 0002 1 62 038 0478 0 62 038 0002 1 64 033 0478 0 64 033 0002 1 66 025 0478 0 66 025 0002 1 67 036 1438 0 67 036
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:Kitty from Coleraine
M:3/4
Q:1/4=180
K:G
D6|D2G2G2|G2B2d2|A3BAG|G2F2ED|D2G2G2|-G/4B7/4B2d2|
A2BAGF|G4DD|D2G2G2|G2B2d2|A3BAG|G2F2D2|d2B2G2|
e2c2A2|D2E2F2|G4Bc|d2B2G2|A2F2D2|d2B2G2|A2F2D2|
d2^c2d7/4A/4|-A9/4B7/4G2|F2G2E2|D4DC|B,2D2G2|
G2B2d2|A3BAG|G2F2E2|d2B2G2|e2c2A2|D2E2F2|
G6||

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kitty of Coleraine
From: Jerry Friedman
Date: 20 Sep 99 - 12:21 PM

I'm sure you did, Alison, because I remember mentioning that it reminded me of Kipling's Stalky & Co. Good thing I'm not mentioning it again--that would be repetitive.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kitty of Coleraine
From: Alice
Date: 20 Sep 99 - 04:32 PM

Thanks, alison. I searched both the forum and the DT before adding this thread, and nothing came up for Kitty of Coleraine. Thanks for submitting it again under this heading.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kitty of Coleraine
From: Bruce O.
Date: 21 Sep 99 - 01:47 AM

In a copy in a songbook of 1828 it's 'I' rather than 'he' in the 2nd verse. Thomas Moore used the tune for "Ill Omens" in the 3rd issue of 'A Selection of Irish Melodies' (1810) giving also an alternatve (and older) tune 'Paddy's Resource".