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Thread #23672 Message #265413
Posted By: Snuffy
26-Jul-00 - 08:45 PM
Thread Name: Tune Add: Please Post Tunes Here I
Subject: Tune Add: EIN' FESTE BURG & IT CAME UPON THE MIDNI
I thought I'd start by copying rather than transcribing by ear - get on to the interesting stuff later! Here's what I found in the hymn book and the Nursery Rhymes book. X: 1 T:Ein' Feste Burg M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:90 C:Martin Luther 1483-1546 N:FILENAME [FORTGOD2 K:D d2| d2d2 (AB)c2|(dc)B2 A2d2|c2B2 A2(BA)|(GFE2) D2d2| d2d2 (AB)c2|(dc)B2 A2d2|c2B2 A2(BA)|(GFE2) D2D2| A2B2 A2^G2|A6 D2|A2A2 B2c2 | d6 c2| d2c2 B2 B2|A6 B2|B2A2(BA)G2 | F2E4 =d2| c2B2 A2(BA)|(GFE2) D2 || X: 2 T:It Came Upon The Midnight Clear M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=120 C:Trad: adapted Sir A Sullivan 1842-1900 S:Words by E H Sears 1810-1876 N:FILENAME [MIDCLEAR K:F FG| A2G2 F2GA|B2A2 G2c2|c2A2 Bcd2|c6 AB| c2c2 A2F2|B2A2 G2FG|ABc2 A2G2|F6 F2| E2D2 E2G2|F3 E D2A2|G2F2 E2D2|C6 C2| c2B2 A2GA|B2A2 G2FG|ABc2 A2G2|F6 || X: 3 T:Drunken Sailor M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=150 N:FILENAME [DRNKSILR K:Dm A4 A3 A|A2D2 F2A2|G4 G3 G|G2C2 E2G2| A4 A3 A|A2=B2 c2d2|c2A2 G2E2|D4 D4 || A2AA A2AA|A2D2 F2A2|G2GG G2GG|G2C2 E2G2| A2AA A2AA|A2=B2 c2d2|c2A2 G2E2|D4 D4 || X: 4 T:Nuts in May M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:120 N:FILENAME [NUTSMAY K:G GGG GAB|d2B G3 |A2A A3 |F2E D3| GGG GAB|d2B GGG|A2A DEF|G3 G3|| X: 5 T:Oranges and Lemons M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=150 N:FILENAMES [ORANGLEM & ORNGLEM2 K:F cc A2 c2|A2 F2 GA|B2 G2 c2|A2 F2 c2| c2 A2 c2|A2 F2 GA|B2 G2 c2|A2 F4 | G2 E2 G2|E2 C2 DE|F2 D2 G2|E2 C4 | G2 E2 G2|C4 DE|F2 D2 G2|C6 | c2 A2 c2|F4 GA|B2 G2 c2|F4 c2| c2 A2 c2|F4 GA|B2 G2 c2|F6 | c2 A2 c2|A2 F2 GA|B2 G2 c2|F6 | c2 A2 c2|A2 F2 GA|B2 A2 G2|F6 | I've also found a few more with tunes already in DT:- Boys of Wexford (2) [BOYSWEX2 and Boys of Wexford (3) [BOYSWEX3 have the same tune as Boys of Wexford [BOYSWEXF. Foggy Dew (6) [FOGGDEW6 uses the tune [DEWFOG which is already given for three similar (Irish) Foggy Dews. The Girl I Left Behind Me [GIRLLF12 uses the tunefile [BRGHTON, which is used for many of the other DT versions Wassail! V