Here is another Mormon folk song, presented as an ABC file and textual MIDI. The process I went through to post this was: Using ABC2WIN, a very nice shareware program, I entered the tune from the sheet music. This was easier than I thought it would be. I also entered the lyrics and other information that appears in the abc format below. I ran that file through ABC2MID, another shareware(freeware?) DOS program to convert to MIDI. I ran the MIDI through Alan of Oz's MID2TXT to produce the MIDI text. I cut out the redundant ABC part of that, though. Enjoy! X: 1
T:St. George and the Drag-on
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:110
C:Charles Walker
S:Music of the Mormons
A:Southern Utah
H:The St. George area in Southwestern Utah was settled by LDS families
H:which were called by their church to raise cotton and silk. It is
H:named after George A. Smith, one of the church's General Authorities.
H:This song was written in 1870 by Charles Walker, to be performed at a
H:concert where Brother Smith as well as President Brigham Young were in
H:attendance. It demonstrates the capacity of the Latter Day Saints to
H:laugh and complain at the same time.
H:St. George is now one of the fastest growing cities in Utah, as a
H:resort and retirement community.
K:C
C|"C" E2 E E2 C |"G7" D2 D D2 B, |"C" C2 "G7"B, "C"C2 E| G3 c2 C
| E2 E E2 C | "G7" D2 D D2 C | D2 E F2 B, | D3 "C" C2 G
| "F" A2 B c2 A | "G7" B2 c d2 G/2 G/2 |"F" A2 B c2 A | "G7"d3 G2 G/2 G/2
|"F" c2 d e2 A |"G7" B2 c d2 G/2 G/2 |"F"A2 G E2 B,| "G7" D3 "C" C3|
"C" C3 C3 | C3 C3 | C2 B, C2 D| E G2 Z2 G |
"F" A2 A c2 A |"C" G2 E D2 C |"G7" D2 C C2 C |"C" C3 C2 |
W:Oh, what a desert place was this
W:When first the Mormons found it;
W:They said no white man here could live
W:And Indians prowled around it.
W:They said the land it was no good,
W:And the water was no gooder,
W:And the bare idea of living here
W:Was enough to make one shudder.
W:
W: Chorus:
W:Mesquite, soap root, prickly pears and briars,
W:St. George ere long will be a place
W:That everyone admires.
W:
W:Now green lucerne in verdant spots
W:redeems our thriving city,
W:While vines and fruit trees grace our lawns
W:With flowers sweet and pretty,
W:Where once the grass in single blades
W:Grew a mile apart in distance,
W:And it kept the crickets on the go
W:To pick up their subsistence.
W:
W:The sun it is so scorching hot
W:It makes the water siz, Sir,
W:The reason why it is so hot
W:Is just because it is, Sir.
W:The wind like fury here does blow
W:That when we plant or sow, Sir,
W:We place one foot upon the seed
W:And hold it 'til it grows, Sir.
% Output from ABC2Win Version 2.1 f on 28/10/97
MIDI file: stgeorge.mid
Timebase: 480
Tempo: 055 (1090909 microsec/crotchet)
Key: C
TimeSig: 6/8 36 8
Name: St. George and the Drag-on
Text: C:Charles Walker
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