14 Mar 00 - 10:36 AM (#194699) Subject: Billy Boy Newcastle Version not in dt From: Conrad Bladey (Peasant- Inactive) Ok now where is it - must be somewhere! The tune for billy boy as in the DT is not the one commonly played in Newcastle- High Level Ranters et. al... does any one have it in either .mid or .abc? Thanks in advance! Conrad |
14 Mar 00 - 01:46 PM (#194799) Subject: Tune Add: BILLY BOY From: Jeri Conrad, does it go anything like the following? Will happily do a midi and send it to you and the DT if this is right. I haven't heard the High Level Ranters sing it - got this one from Eliza Carthy's Red Rice...
T:BILLY BOY
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14 Mar 00 - 02:12 PM (#194810) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Billy Boy Newcastle Version not in From: Conrad Bladey (Peasant- Inactive) not it I will give it a try from the brain cells shortly....watch this space... Conrad |
14 Mar 00 - 04:41 PM (#194862) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Billy Boy Newcastle Version not in From: Conrad Bladey (Peasant- Inactive) My head is not working- cant seem to transcribe it and time is out... Perhaps someone knows it- I found a midi but the part has confused the midi txt progam perhaps someone can get it into .abc here is the midi: Billy Boy click it here! Many thanks!! Conrad |
14 Mar 00 - 05:43 PM (#194898) Subject: Tune Add: BILLY BOY From: Snuffy Conrad That other was the right notes, but the wrong time signature - here it is in 6/8. That's how my mother's known it since the '20s, and she's from Ryton
MIDI file: BLLYBOY4.MID Timebase: 96 TimeSig: 6/8 24 8 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
Wassail! V |
14 Mar 00 - 05:52 PM (#194900) Subject: Tune Add: BILLY BOY From: Jeri Conrad, I transcribed it from the MIDI you linked to. Hope you don't mind I also transcribed it D.
T:BILLY BOY
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14 Mar 00 - 07:22 PM (#194937) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Billy Boy Newcastle Version not in From: Conrad Bladey (Peasant- Inactive) Thanks! Out of many one! It was a long battle. Conrad |
25 May 04 - 05:41 AM (#1193460) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Billy Boy Newcastle Version not in From: Mr Happy The version I learned as a child doesn't appear in the DT either, the one where the chorus goes: 'With me Nancy tickle me fancy, Oh me charming Billy Boy' Anyone have verses for this version, please? |
26 Aug 09 - 09:06 AM (#2708898) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Billy Boy Newcastle Version not in From: Mr Happy Anyone? |
26 Aug 09 - 09:18 AM (#2708909) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Billy Boy Newcastle Version not in From: curmudgeon It's in The Shanty Book - Part I by Richard R. Terry, now available, in reprint, as "The Way of the Ship" - Tom |
26 Aug 09 - 09:50 PM (#2709501) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Billy Boy Newcastle Version not in From: Gibb Sahib MrHappy, here's a couple chantey-style versions: major key Billy Boy minor key Billy Boy |