G'day anyone out there,
This song came up in this old thread, which I just revisited. I see that it was not supplied, so I will post it here in the thread as Mudcat refuses to start a new thread on either my work machine or my home one.
This is essentially the "standard" version of The Flash Stockman (also known as Ugly Dave) and would be from the same collected material upon which A.L. Lloyd drew for his Topic Recordings. I have included italicised suggestions for the words left out. This is my usual choice, but it depends upon the singer and the company.
THE FLASH STOCKMAN
Anon.
A stockman? yes, I am, and they call me ugly Sam.
I'm old and grey and only got one eye.
In a yard I'm good, of course, but just put me on a horse,
And I'll go where lots of young-uns daren't try.
I lead them through the gidgee, over country rough and ridgy,
I lose them in the very worst of scrub,
I ride both rough and aisy, with a "dew-drop" I'm a daisy
And a right down bobby-dazzler in a pub.
Just watch me use a whip, I can give the (dawdlers) gip,
I make the echoes roar and make them ring.
With a branding iron? Oh-Hell, I'm a perfect (bloody) swell
And in fact, I'm Duke of every (flaming) thing.
And watch me spoiling hide, I can put on lots of side,
I can act the silver-tail just as if my blood were blue,
You can strike me pink or dead, if I stood upon my head,
Then I'd be as good as any other two.
A notion in my pate says it's luck it isn't fate
That I'm so far above the common run;
So in anything I do you can cut me fair in two
For I'm far too (bloody) good to be in one.
Old Bush Songs, Douglas Stewart & Nancy Keesing, Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1957 (&c), p. 146
Sent by D. Carroll, of Mosman, New South Wales.
Tunes:
The tune I sing is a version of Killaloe, a tune used for a number of old Australian songs.
As the tune is an 8-line structure and the song has five 4-line stanzas, it is usual to sing stanzas 1 & 2 to the A & B tunes, the stanzas 3 & 4 ... then sing stanza 5 to the B tune. Bands can pop in an instrumental A part at this point, if they wish.
MIDI file: flshstkk.mid
Timebase: 240
TimeSig: 6/8 36 8
Tempo: 180 (333333 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0360 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0096 0 60 064 0024 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 65 080 0288 0 65 064 0072 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0096 0 60 064 0024 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 67 080 0113 0 67 064 0007 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 60 080 0552 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0096 0 60 064 0024 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 69 080 0113 0 69 064 0007 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 67 080 0912 0 67 064 0168 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0096 0 60 064 0024 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 65 080 0288 0 65 064 0072 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0096 0 60 064 0024 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 67 080 0113 0 67 064 0007 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 60 080 0288 0 60 064 0072 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 65 080 1008 0 65 064 0072 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 70 080 0096 0 70 064 0024 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 70 080 0096 0 70 064 0024 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 70 080 0096 0 70 064 0024 1 72 080 0192 0 72 064 0048 1 70 080 0096 0 70 064 0024 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 65 080 0288 0 65 064 0072 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 60 080 0096 0 60 064 0024 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 67 080 1008 0 67 064 0072 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0096 0 60 064 0024 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0096 0 60 064 0024 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 67 080 0113 0 67 064 0007 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0096 0 60 064 0024 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 65 080 1008 0 65 064
EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
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ABC format:
X:1
T:
M:6/8
Q:1/4=180
K:C
C5C|F2GA2G|F3C2C|D2EGFD|C5C|F2FF2G|A2AAGF|
G6|-G3C2C|F2GA2G|F3C2C|D2EGFD|C3F2G|A2AA2F|
G2GG2E|F6|-F3G2A|^A2^A^A2^A|^A2^Ac2^A|A2AA2G|
F3F2C|F2FF2G|A2AAGF|G6|-G3C2C|F2GA2G|F2FC2C|
D2EGFD|C2CF2G|A2AA2F|G2GG2E|F6|-F19/8||
A variant of this song was collected by the late Alan Scott, sung to this tune:
MIDI file: flshstka.mid
Timebase: 240
TimeSig: 2/4 24 8
Tempo: 200 (300000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0000 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 72 080 0192 0 72 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 65 080 0384 0 65 064 0096 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 62 080 0384 0 62 064 0096 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 69 080 0576 0 69 064 0864 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 72 080 0192 0 72 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 65 080 0384 0 65 064 0096 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 70 080 0096 0 70 064 0024 1 70 080 0096 0 70 064 0024 1 62 080 0384 0 62 064 0096 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 65 080 0576 0 65 064 0864 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 70 080 0192 0 70 064
EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
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ABC format:
X:1
T:
M:4/4
Q:1/4=200
K:C
A2^A2c2F2|F2F2F4|G2A2^A2^A2|^A2^A2D4|G2F2E2E2|
E2E2E2^A2|A2G2A4|-A8|A8|-A2^A2c2F2|F2F2F4|
G2A2^A2^A2|^A2^A^AD4|G2F2E2EE|E2E2E2^A2|A2G2F4|
-F8|A8|-A2^A3/2||
Alan's brother Bill Scott, a well-known writer raconteur and singer, uses the tune of the bawdy song The Little Ball of Yarn (at least, the tune he knows for The Little Ball of Yarn):
MIDI file: flshstkb.mid
Timebase: 240
TimeSig: 6/8 36 8
Tempo: 180 (333333 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0600 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 61 080 0192 0 61 064 0048 1 57 080 0096 0 57 064 0024 1 61 080 0192 0 61 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 69 080 0288 0 69 064 0072 1 68 080 0192 0 68 064 0048 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 68 080 0192 0 68 064 0048 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 66 080 0288 0 66 064 0312 1 59 080 0096 0 59 064 0024 1 59 080 0192 0 59 064 0048 1 59 080 0096 0 59 064 0024 1 59 080 0192 0 59 064 0048 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 68 080 0192 0 68 064 0048 1 66 080 0096 0 66 064 0024 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 66 080 0096 0 66 064 0024 1 64 080 0912 0 64 064 0168 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 61 080 0192 0 61 064 0048 1 57 080 0096 0 57 064 0024 1 61 080 0192 0 61 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 69 080 0288 0 69 064 0072 1 68 080 0192 0 68 064 0048 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 68 080 0192 0 68 064 0048 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 66 080 0288 0 66 064 0192 1 66 080 0096 0 66 064 0024 1 66 080 0096 0 66 064 0024 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 68 080 0192 0 68 064 0048 1 66 080 0096 0 66 064 0024 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 61 080 0192 0 61 064 0048 1 59 080 0096 0 59 064 0024 1 57 080 0912 0 57 064
EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
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ABC format:
X:1
T:
M:6/8
Q:1/4=180
K:C
E6|^C2A,^C2E|A3^G2A|B2A^G2A|^F5B,|B,2B,B,2D|
^G2^FE2^F|E6|-E3E2E|^C2A,^C2E|A3^G2A|B2A^G2A|
^F4^F^F|E2E^G2^F|E2D^C2B,|A,6|-A,13/8||
I will also forward these 3 MIDI files to Alan of Australia to have them posted on the MIDI site.
Regards,
Bob Bolton