Hi,We used to sing this in primary school… I am nearly sure there was a second verse but we usually only sang the first one…
KITTY OF COLERAINE
As beautiful Kitty one morning was tripping,
With a pitcher of milk for the fair at Coleraine,
When she saw me she stumbled, the pitcher it tumbled,
And all the sweet buttermilk watered the plain.Oh what shall I do sir, 'twas looking at you sir,
I'm sure such a pitcher I'll ne'er see again,
'Twas the pride of my dairy, Oh Barney McClary,
You're sent as a curse on the girls of Coleraine.And here's the tune, some bits of it are a bit vague... but it's pretty much as I remember singing it
MIDI file: KITTYCOL.MID
Timebase: 480
Name: nameless
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Key: G
Tempo: 180 (333333 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0960 1 62 037 0478 0 62 037 0002 1 62 044 0478 0 62 044 0002 1 67 050 0478 0 67 050 0002 1 67 038 0478 0 67 038 0002 1 67 049 0478 0 67 049 0002 1 71 040 0478 0 71 040 0002 1 74 045 0478 0 74 045 0002 1 69 033 0718 0 69 033 0002 1 71 041 0238 0 71 041 0002 1 69 037 0238 0 69 037 0002 1 67 032 0238 0 67 032 0002 1 67 038 0478 0 67 038 0002 1 66 026 0478 0 66 026 0002 1 64 037 0238 0 64 037 0002 1 62 046 0238 0 62 046 0002 1 62 031 0478 0 62 031 0002 1 67 031 0478 0 67 031 0027 1 67 042 0455 0 67 042 0037 1 71 046 0443 1 71 052 0035 0 71 046 0921 0 71 052 0002 1 74 032 0478 0 74 032 0002 1 69 044 0478 0 69 044 0002 1 71 038 0238 0 71 038 0002 1 69 030 0238 0 69 030 0002 1 67 040 0205 0 67 040 0052 1 66 025 0223 0 66 025 0000 1 67 033 0958 0 67 033 0002 1 62 029 0238 0 62 029 0002 1 62 034 0238 0 62 034 0002 1 62 027 0478 0 62 027 0002 1 67 032 0478 0 67 032 0002 1 67 043 0478 0 67 043 0002 1 67 040 0478 0 67 040 0002 1 71 036 0478 0 71 036 0002 1 74 029 0478 0 74 029 0002 1 69 042 0718 0 69 042 0002 1 71 030 0238 0 71 030 0002 1 69 032 0238 0 69 032 0002 1 67 019 0238 0 67 019 0002 1 67 044 0478 0 67 044 0002 1 66 024 0478 0 66 024 0002 1 62 026 0478 0 62 026 0002 1 74 061 0478 0 74 061 0002 1 71 029 0478 0 71 029 0002 1 67 036 0478 0 67 036 0002 1 76 040 0478 0 76 040 0002 1 72 024 0478 0 72 024 0002 1 69 040 0478 0 69 040 0002 1 62 031 0478 0 62 031 0002 1 64 040 0478 0 64 040 0002 1 66 026 0478 0 66 026 0002 1 67 036 0958 0 67 036 0002 1 71 031 0238 0 71 031 0002 1 72 030 0238 0 72 030 0002 1 74 048 0478 0 74 048 0002 1 71 033 0478 0 71 033 0002 1 67 036 0478 0 67 036 0002 1 69 036 0478 0 69 036 0002 1 66 022 0478 0 66 022 0002 1 62 044 0478 0 62 044 0002 1 74 043 0478 0 74 043 0002 1 71 032 0478 0 71 032 0002 1 67 031 0478 0 67 031 0002 1 69 036 0478 0 69 036 0002 1 66 026 0478 0 66 026 0002 1 62 025 0478 0 62 025 0002 1 74 036 0468 1 73 031 0478 0 74 036 0478 0 73 031 0014 1 74 037 0443 1 69 033 0478 0 74 037 0478 0 69 033 0076 1 71 032 0431 1 67 025 0478 0 71 032 0492 0 67 025 0005 1 66 037 0475 1 67 038 0486 0 66 037 0478 0 67 038 0002 1 64 032 0478 0 64 032 0002 1 62 041 0958 0 62 041 0002 1 62 036 0238 0 62 036 0002 1 60 036 0238 0 60 036 0002 1 59 040 0478 0 59 040 0002 1 62 038 0478 0 62 038 0002 1 67 041 0478 0 67 041 0002 1 67 036 0478 0 67 036 0002 1 71 036 0478 0 71 036 0002 1 74 043 0478 0 74 043 0002 1 69 043 0718 0 69 043 0002 1 71 037 0238 0 71 037 0002 1 69 030 0238 0 69 030 0002 1 67 037 0238 0 67 037 0002 1 67 038 0478 0 67 038 0002 1 66 026 0478 0 66 026 0002 1 64 036 0478 0 64 036 0002 1 74 059 0478 0 74 059 0002 1 71 036 0478 0 71 036 0002 1 67 032 0478 0 67 032 0002 1 76 045 0478 0 76 045 0002 1 72 030 0478 0 72 030 0002 1 69 042 0478 0 69 042 0002 1 62 038 0478 0 62 038 0002 1 64 033 0478 0 64 033 0002 1 66 025 0478 0 66 025 0002 1 67 036 1438 0 67 036
EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
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ABC format:
X:1
T:nameless
M:3/4
Q:1/4=180
K:G
D2|D2G2G2|G2B2d2|A3BAG|G2F2ED|D2G2G2|B7/4B9/4d2|
A2BAG3/4F5/4|G4DD|D2G2G2|G2B2d2|A3BAG|G2F2D2|
d2B2G2|e2c2A2|D2E2F2|G4Bc|d2B2G2|A2F2D2|d2B2G2|
A2F2D2|d2^c2d2|A7/4z/2B2G7/4|F2G2E2|D4DC|
B,2D2G2|G2B2d2|A3BAG|G2F2E2|d2B2G2|e2c2A2|
D2E2F2|G6||
Slainte
Alison
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