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Thread #4737   Message #25900
Posted By: Joe Offer
16-Apr-98 - 06:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Add: Railroading on the Great Divide
Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: RAILROADING ON THE GREAT DIVIDE
The tune to "Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet" reminded me of this song. The tune isn't quite the same, but it's close.
-Joe Offer-


RAILROADING ON THE GREAT DIVIDE
(Sara Carter Bayes)

Nineteen and sixteen I started to roam,
Out in the west, no money, no home.
I went drifting along with the tide,
I landed on the Great Divide.
CHORUS: Railroading on the Great Divide,
Nothing around me but Rockies and sky.
There you'll find me as years go by
Railroading on the Great Divide.
Ask any oldtimer from old Cheyenne
Railroadin' Wyoming the best in the land.
The long steel rails, and short cross ties,
I laid across the Great Divide. CHORUS

As I looked out across the breeze,
Number Three coming, the fastest on wheels.
Through old Lamar, she glides with pride
And rolls across the Great Divide. CHORUS

MIDI file: RAILRO~1.MID

Timebase: 192

Name: Railroading on the Great Divide
Text: By Sara Carter Bayes, 1952
Key: D
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Start
0000 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0128 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 66 110 0160 0 66 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 59 110 0160 0 59 000 0032 1 57 110 0336 0 57 000 0240 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 62 110 0256 0 62 000 0032 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 66 110 0160 0 66 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0128 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 66 110 0160 0 66 000 0032 1 64 110 0336 0 64 000 0240 1 69 110 0336 0 69 000 0048 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 66 110 0160 0 66 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 59 110 0160 0 59 000 0032 1 57 110 0160 0 57 000 0224 1 57 110 0160 0 57 000 0032 1 62 110 0336 0 62 000 0048 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 66 110 0160 0 66 000 0224 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 66 110 0336 0 66 000 0048 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here

ABC format:

X:1
T:Railroading on the Great Divide
M:3/4
Q:1/4=120
K:D
A2A3A|F2E2D2|E2D2B,2|A,6|D2D3D|F2A3A|B2A2F2|
E6|A4A2|F2E2DD|E2D2B,2|A,4A,2|D4E2|F4G2|F4E2|
D7/4||