Tune Add: DRAKE

Subject: DRAKE
From: MMario
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 11:14 AM

from BLENDING VOICES - The World of Music (1936) - a new acquisition from the auction...

DRAKE
(English Sea Song)

No dar-ing man be-fore him
A-round the globe had sailed
Yet o'er the force of un-known seas
the stur-dy Gold-en Hind pre-vailed
All gales out-fac-ing
fur-rows trac-ing
Back to Plym-outh town
Drake came bold-ly rac-ing

He dou-bled in his jour-ney
The capes where ships are lost
He sailed the spic-y east-ern seas
where gal-lant ships are rolled and tossed
all risk de-fy-ing
Fame un-dy-ing
Crowned hom as he came home
With col-ors fly-ing

MIDI file: drake.mid

Timebase: 192

Name: DRAKE
Text: By English Sea Song
Key: Eb
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Start
0576 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0224 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 67 110 0528 0 67 000 0048 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 75 110 0256 0 75 000 0032 1 75 110 0094 0 75 000 0002 1 75 110 0160 0 75 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 68 110 0256 0 68 000 0032 1 65 110 0094 0 65 000 0002 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 70 110 0528 0 70 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0240 1 70 110 0336 0 70 000 0048 1 68 110 0336 0 68 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0240 1 75 110 0528 0 75 000 0048 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 74 110 0256 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:DRAKE
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:Eb
E8|G2B2B2G2|A2c4c2|B2B2A2B2|G6B2|e3ee2B2|
d2c2c2c2|B2B2A3F|E2F2G2A2|B6G2|A2c6|B4A4|
G2G6|e6B2|d3cc4|B2B2A2D2|F2E7/4||

Subject: RE: Tune Add: DRAKE
From: Anglo
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 12:45 PM

Well, you might have added that this is the well-known "Can't You Dance the Polka" tune. Are these the only verses?

Subject: RE: Tune Add: DRAKE
From: MMario
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 01:12 PM

these are the only verses given, nor could I find any others in a web-search.

The tune was completely new and unfamiliar to me, so I had no way of knowing that it is well-known; or I quite probably would have mentioned it. Thanks for the additonal information.

Subject: RE: Tune Add: DRAKE
From: Snuffy
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 07:49 PM

See NEW YORK GIRLS (with tune) and NEW YORK GIRLS (2) in the DT

Wassail! V