G'day Joe & all,

Well ... I guess that after only 3 months short of 3 years we really had to have the tune put to bed!

Listening back to the MIDI, I probably should say that the strict time is only an approximation of performance "tempo".

I don't think I can write the musical directions in a simple MIDI ... this one should really be annotated "molto rubato" ... the tune has a distinct oddity in that, instead of the final note(s) of the third line picking up the first word(s) of the last line, the whole last bar is a 'held' rendition of the words before "... hole in the elephant's bottom".

It's an odd form (at least, as I learned it) but it seems to be a very "music hall" device. Perform it as it seems to work for you!

Regards,

Bob