G'day again,

Lesley / GUEST,jlmwhite@maxspeed.net.au: I just refreshed my memory by searching for an ad for the Wheeler & James Australian Christmas Carols (The Australian Music Centre has a single volume, which is presumably an amalgamation of the 3 booklets I have had for decades ... piano arrangements & up to 4 parts: $27 Australian ... about US$20 ... plus post/pack) and I see that their Merry Christmas is in the "Third Set", whis is my third booklet.

I'll send off a GIFF of the song simply arranged in more accessible key (for folkies ... not pianists!) and just the main melody ... if you want more ... well, it's all back in print, from the Australian Music Centre! I'll also include the simple MIDI of the basic tune - generated off my music program.


GUEST,Christine @ VeryHotToHandle@hotmail.com: I'm not sure what MIDI you mean ... I have MIDIs of simple tune transcriptions from my music program ... done when I rearrange the Aussie Carols for people at my Workshops. The songs you want are more "Christmas songs" than real Christmas Carols ... but I'll check a few books - and I should be able to scan in the words. (Actually, I would be very surprised not to find the words somewhere in a Mudcat thread ... if not yet on the Digital Tradition (DT) database.)

Regards,

Bob Bolton