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Thread #101749 Message #2057342
Posted By: Joe Offer
20-May-07 - 10:15 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rabbiter's Song (Stan Wakefield)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stan Wakefield-Rabbiter's Song, etc.
I just posted MIDI files from Bob Bolton, related to the lyrics he posted above. Thanks, Bob and MMario.
-Joe Offer-
Bob's explanatory e-mail to MMario (Leo): G'day Leo,
I just posted another song to Art Thieme's request for words to an Australian song: Stan Wakefield's "The Rabbiter's Song". I had found a thread from nearly 7 years back where I gave the words Art was seeking .. but they haven't made it into the DT. Anyway, I thought he might enjoy this song, also by Stan Wakefield - a combination of an unconventional wooing ... and a tongue-twister chorus of Australian placenames.
It turned out that I had both a version transcribed in 4/4 and in C (from the Bush Music Club's Singabout Magazine in 1957) .. as well as a later music book published for the Bush Music Club through a music house, and they transcribe it in 6/8 ... and Eb! I took the Eb down to D on the presumption that pitches of voices tend to be a tad lower these days ... and no folkie plays in Eb ... unless by capoing up one fret from D! (Errrr... 3 frets up from C... ?)
Regards,
Bob