I wrote Farewell to Reason, then a year later heard Crossing to Ireland. Scared me a bit - they aren't the same but they're similar. Honestly, I have fully formed tunes in my head sometimes, and I often don't know if it came from me or somewhere else. I've got one I recently wrote down, and I think I might have pinched it. The rhythm sounds too much like "Give Me Your Hand."

If you can guess what song was rattling around in my head before I wrote the following, you win a... well, there's a lot of prestige involved in guessing correctly. Full title = "February March"

MIDI file: february.mid

Timebase: 120

TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Key: G
Tempo: 180 (333333 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0000 1 62 100 0120 0 62 000 0000 1 67 100 0120 0 67 000 0000 1 71 100 0240 0 71 000 0000 1 71 100 0120 0 71 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 67 100 0120 0 67 000 0000 1 71 100 0120 0 71 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 67 100 0120 0 67 000 0000 1 69 100 0240 0 69 000 0000 1 67 100 0240 0 67 000 0000 1 62 100 0120 0 62 000 0000 1 67 100 0120 0 67 000 0000 1 71 100 0240 0 71 000 0000 1 71 100 0120 0 71 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 67 100 0120 0 67 000 0000 1 71 100 0120 0 71 000 0000 1 74 100 0060 0 74 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 67 100 0120 0 67 000 0000 1 69 100 0240 0 69 000 0000 1 67 100 0240 0 67 000 0000 1 71 100 0120 0 71 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 67 100 0120 0 67 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 67 100 0060 0 67 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 66 100 0060 0 66 000 0000 1 62 100 0120 0 62 000 0000 1 67 100 0120 0 67 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 72 100 0120 0 72 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 72 100 0120 0 72 000 0000 1 71 100 0120 0 71 000 0000 1 69 100 0240 0 69 000 0000 1 71 100 0120 0 71 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 72 100 0060 0 72 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 67 100 0120 0 67 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 67 100 0060 0 67 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 66 100 0060 0 66 000 0000 1 62 100 0120 0 62 000 0000 1 67 100 0120 0 67 000 0000 1 69 100 0060 0 69 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 72 100 0120 0 72 000 0000 1 71 100 0060 0 71 000 0000 1 67 100 0060 0 67 000 0000 1 69 100 0240 0 69 000 0000 1 67 100 0240 0 67 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:
M:4/4
Q:1/4=180
K:G
D2G2B4|B2BcBAG2|B2dcBAG2|A4G4|D2G2B4|B2BcBAG2|
B2dcBAG2|A4G4|B2BcBAG2|AGABAFD2|G2ABc2BA|
c2B2A4|B2BcBAG2|AGABAFD2|G2ABc2BG|A4G4||