TUNES: Sleepy Peedie Laddie and Handcart Song

Subject: TUNES: Sleepy Peedie Laddie and Handcart Song
From: Jon W.
Date: 08 Oct 97 - 11:15 AM

I have MIDI and Noteworthy Composer files available for these two songs which I can E-mail to those who want them (Ferrara, are you listening?) Unfortunately I don't have the software to put them into ABC Notation (see ABC test thread) or I would just post them here.

Just click on "EMail Member" button and look for "Jon W.", send me your e-mail address, and I'll send a reply with the tune files attached. If you don't request NWC (Noteworthy Composer) I'll just send the MIDI file.

Subject: RE: TUNES: Sleepy Peedie Laddie and Handcart Song
From: Jon W.
Date: 10 Oct 97 - 12:29 PM

I have managed to get these tunes into ABC format, and here they are:

X: 1
T: Sleepy Peedie Laddie
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q:1/4=53
K:G % 1 sharps
% There should be a fermata on the third beat of the sixth measure.
% I.E. on the last syllable of the word "tomorrow" in the first verse.
C: Orkney Folk Song
V:1
D|G3/2A/2BD EGc3/2c/2|B3/2A/2GF B2A3/2D/2|
W:Lies low the sun and shadows tall across the fields are creepin' And
G3/2A/2BD EGc3/2c/2|B3/2A/2GF A2G3/2 z/2 |
soon the big round yellow moon will o'er the brae come deepin'
d3/2d/2dB ce d Haste ye noo, lay by your barrow, Daddy'l mend the broken wheel tomorrow Come ye
G3/2A/2BD EGc3/2c/2|B3/2A/2GF A2G3/2|
in and get ye bedded doon, It's time my lad was sleepin'.

X: 1
T: The Handcart Song
C: Mormon Folk Song
I: Adapted from a Scottish dance tune - "The Cumberland Reel"
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q:1/4=60
K:G % 1 sharps
V:1
d/2|ba/2gf/2g e/2dB/2cc/2B|A/2Bc/2dd/2ee/2ge/2dd/2|gg/2fa/2d/2e/2 f/2gg/2gd/2|ba/2gf/2g e/2dB/2cc/2B|
A/2Bc/2dd/2ee/2ge/2dd/2|gg/2fa/2d/2e/2 f/2gg/2gd/2|ba/2gf/2g e/2dB/2cc/2B|A/2Bc/2dd/2ee/2ge/2dd/2|
gg/2fa/2d/2e/2 f/2gg/2g|

Subject: RE: TUNES: Sleepy Peedie Laddie and Handcart Song
From: Alan of Australia
Date: 10 Oct 97 - 12:40 PM

Jon,
Why not email the MIDIs to Dick. I'm sure he'll appreciate them.

Cheers,
Alan

Subject: RE: TUNES: Sleepy Peedie Laddie and Handcart Song
From: Jon W.
Date: 10 Oct 97 - 12:44 PM

I forgot to mention that I had emailed these to Dick before I even posted the thread.

Subject: RE: TUNES: Sleepy Peedie Laddie and Handcart Song
From: Shula
Date: 10 Oct 97 - 01:58 PM

Dear Jon,

Very grateful for the tune to "Sleepy Peedie Laddie," which I can hardly wait to decipher. Still think I've heard it before, and that, although you are quite correct that the lyrics can be made to work for a parent of either gender, that when I heard it, it was sung by a man. Maybe the tune will sharpen my recollection. Still think it just about the dearest lullabye I've ever encountered, -- and, as the singing parent to a passle o' youn'uns I've made note of quite a few.

As part of an important chapter of American history, The Handcart Song's not too shabby, either! Might as well try 'em both.

Happy dreams and gentle rest,

Shula