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Thread #12609 Message #100710
Posted By: Bob Bolton
29-Jul-99 - 11:55 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Three Flowers & The Death of Ben Hall
Subject: Tune Add: THE BALLAD OF BEN HALL'S GANG

G'day John,
I had a look in The Penguin Australian Songbook vol. 1 and John Manifold gives 2 different tunes to The Ballad of Ben Hall's Gang, which is the song you quoted. The Death of Ben Hall is a different song, collected from Sally Sloane, of Lithgow and has it's own tune in the Dorian mode.

Manifold's version of THE BALLAD OF BEN HALL'S GANG is a composite of the recollections of a number of people, several of them on the Bandicoot Ballads publishing committee. He reckoned that the first tune is known as The Black Horse or possibly The Airy Bachelor. This is the first tune for which I give a MIDIText file: bal-bhg1.

MIDI file: bal-bhg1.mid
Timebase: 240
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Tempo: 120 (500000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0720 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 65 080 0113 0 65 064 0007 1 67 080 0288 0 67 064 0072 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 72 080 0192 0 72 064 0048 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 65 080 0225 0 65 064 0015 1 62 080 0225 0 62 064 0015 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 59 080 0192 0 59 064 0048 1 60 080 0576 0 60 064 0144 1 64 080 0113 0 64 064 0007 1 65 080 0113 0 65 064 0007 1 67 080 0225 0 67 064 0015 1 67 080 0225 0 67 064 0015 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 71 080 0096 0 71 064 0024 1 72 080 0096 0 72 064 0024 1 74 080 0192 0 74 064 0048 1 74 080 0192 0 74 064 0048 1 76 080 0288 0 76 064 0072 1 74 080 0096 0 74 064 0024 1 72 080 0225 0 72 064 0015 1 69 080 0225 0 69 064 0015 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0576 0 67 064 0144 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 67 080 0225 0 67 064 0015 1 67 080 0225 0 67 064 0015 1 69 080 0225 0 69 064 0015 1 71 080 0113 0 71 064 0007 1 72 080 0096 0 72 064 0024 1 74 080 0450 0 74 064 0030 1 76 080 0288 0 76 064 0072 1 74 080 0096 0 74 064 0024 1 72 080 0225 0 72 064 0015 1 69 080 0225 0 69 064 0015 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 62 080 0576 0 62 064 0144 1 64 080 0113 0 64 064 0007 1 65 080 0113 0 65 064 0007 1 67 080 0288 0 67 064 0072 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 72 080 0192 0 72 064 0048 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 65 080 0225 0 65 064 0015 1 62 080 0225 0 62 064 0015 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 59 080 0192 0 59 064 0048 1 60 080 0576 0 60 064
End

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To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here
ABC format:
X:1
T:
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:C
E7F|G3GE2c2|B2B2D2EF|F2D2C2B,2|C6EF|G2G2A2Bc|
d2d2e3d|c2A2G2G2|G6EF|G2G2A2Bc|d4e3d|c2A2G2E2|
D6EF|G3GE2c2|B2B2D2EF|F2D2C2B,2|C19/4||

He gave the second tune as "one of those to" WILLIAM RILEY and this tune is the second one, bal-bhg2.

MIDI file: bal-bhg2.mid
Timebase: 240
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Tempo: 120 (500000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0720 1 62 080 0144 0 62 064 0036 1 64 080 0048 0 64 064 0012 1 66 080 0288 0 66 064 0072 1 66 080 0096 0 66 064 0024 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 59 080 0096 0 59 064 0024 1 57 080 0096 0 57 064 0024 1 57 080 0288 0 57 064 0072 1 59 080 0096 0 59 064 0024 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 62 080 0576 0 62 064 0144 1 62 080 0144 0 62 064 0036 1 64 080 0048 0 64 064 0012 1 66 080 0288 0 66 064 0072 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 66 080 0192 0 66 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 66 080 0096 0 66 064 0024 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 62 080 0288 0 62 064 0072 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 59 080 0576 0 59 064 0144 1 62 080 0144 0 62 064 0036 1 64 080 0048 0 64 064 0012 1 66 080 0288 0 66 064 0072 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 66 080 0192 0 66 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 71 080 0450 0 71 064 0030 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 66 080 0096 0 66 064 0024 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 62 080 0288 0 62 064 0072 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 59 080 0576 0 59 064 0144 1 62 080 0144 0 62 064 0036 1 64 080 0048 0 64 064 0012 1 66 080 0288 0 66 064 0072 1 66 080 0096 0 66 064 0024 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 61 080 0096 0 61 064 0024 1 59 080 0096 0 59 064 0024 1 57 080 0288 0 57 064 0072 1 59 080 0096 0 59 064 0024 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 62 080 0576 0 62 064
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:
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:C
D15/2E/2|^F3^FD2B2|E2E2D2B,A,|A,3B,D2D2|D6D3/2E/2|
^F3E^F2A2|B2B2A2^FE|D3DE2D2|B,6D3/2E/2|^F3E^F2A2|
B4A2^FE|D3DE2D2|B,6D3/2E/2|^F3^FD2B2|E2E2D2^CB,|
A,3B,D2D2|D19/4||

I seem to remember listing off these details a bit over a year back, so I guess there must be a past thread ... and maybe a DT entry ... somewhere down there!
Regards,
Bob Bolton