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Thread #19218   Message #194898
Posted By: Snuffy
14-Mar-00 - 05:43 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Billy Boy Newcastle Version not in
Subject: Tune Add: BILLY BOY
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
Key: G
Tempo: 177 (338983 microsec/crotchet)
Name: BILLY BOY
Start
0000 1 71 120 0096 0 71 000 0000 1 72 120 0043 0 72 000 0005 1 74 120 0096 0 74 000 0000 1 74 090 0048 0 74 000 0000 1 72 090 0096 0 72 000 0000 1 71 090 0043 0 71 000 0005 1 69 120 0144 0 69 000 0000 1 71 090 0096 0 71 000 0000 1 69 090 0043 0 69 000 0005 1 67 120 0144 0 67 000 0000 1 69 090 0096 0 69 000 0000 1 66 090 0043 0 66 000 0005 1 67 120 0144 0 67 000 0000 1 71 090 0096 0 71 000 0000 1 72 090 0043 0 72 000 0005 1 74 120 0096 0 74 000 0000 1 74 090 0048 0 74 000 0000 1 73 090 0096 0 73 000 0000 1 74 090 0043 0 74 000 0005 1 76 120 0096 0 76 000 0000 1 74 090 0048 0 74 000 0000 1 73 090 0096 0 73 000 0000 1 74 090 0043 0 74 000 0005 1 69 120 0288 0 69 000 0144 1 74 120 0096 0 74 000 0000 1 74 120 0043 0 74 000 0005 1 76 120 0096 0 76 000 0000 1 74 090 0048 0 74 000 0000 1 76 090 0096 0 76 000 0000 1 78 090 0043 0 78 000 0005 1 79 120 0144 0 79 000 0000 1 78 090 0096 0 78 000 0000 1 76 090 0043 0 76 000 0005 1 74 120 0096 0 74 000 0000 1 71 120 0043 0 71 000 0005 1 72 120 0048 0 72 000 0000 1 71 090 0048 0 71 000 0000 1 69 090 0043 0 69 000 0005 1 67 120 0096 0 67 000 0000 1 66 090 0048 0 66 000 0000 1 64 090 0096 0 64 000 0000 1 62 090 0043 0 62 000 0005 1 67 120 0096 0 67 000 0000 1 67 120 0043 0 67 000 0005 1 71 120 0048 0 71 000 0000 1 69 090 0048 0 69 000 0000 1 67 090 0043 0 67 000 0005 1 71 120 0096 0 71 000 0000 1 72 090 0048 0 72 000 0000 1 74 090 0096 0 74 000 0000 1 76 090 0043 0 76 000 0005 1 71 120 0096 0 71 000 0000 1 67 090 0048 0 67 000 0000 1 69 090 0096 0 69 000 0000 1 66 090 0043 0 66 000 0005 1 67 120 0144 0 67 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:Billy Boy
M:6/8
Q:1/4=177
K:G
B2cd2d|c2BA3|B2AG3|A2FG3|B2cd2d|^c2de2d|^c2dA3|
-A6|d6|-d2de2d|e2fg3|f2ed2B|cBAG2F|E2DG2G|
BAGB2c|d2eB2G|A2FG3||

Wassail! V