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Thread #30015   Message #3384602
Posted By: GUEST,Grishka
01-Aug-12 - 10:02 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Death of Fred Lowry-Australian Bushranger
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Death of Fred Lowry-Australian Bushranger
Worse typos seem to be in Bob's ABC rendering. Since Joe says he is using the same source, presumably more faithfully, here is a (software-generated) ABC from his MIDI file:

X:1
T:The Death of Fred Lowry
I:abc-version 2.1
I:abc-creator MidiZyx2abc 1.08
I:linebreak $
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=80
K:C
A, | C2C C2C | C E2G2E | D C2C2A, | A,11/4z9/4G | A2A c2B | A G2G2A | % 7
w:Come all young men and gen-tle maids, Come list-en now to me; 'Til I re-late a cru-el fate Of
E G2E2D | E11/4z9/4G | A2A c2B | A2G G2A | E2G E2D | E11/4z9/4D | % 13
w:one both bold and free, Who fell while fight-ing the po-lice, He to the last was game; A
D2C D E2| G2A G2E | D2C A, A,2| A,11/4|] % 17
w:gal-lant fine young man he was, Fred Low-ry was his name.

But I agree, Gerry, that a bushranger deserves a "no-frills funeral".