Hi crew, here's the tune for the Kid Hauling Shanty above. The author, Dorothy, doesn't have kids of her own, but has "folk babied" many of ours at Singtime Frolics in Portland, Oregon. She gives her permission to post this, incidentally. She said one night as we were finishing up a late song circle, she watched all the people locating and scooping up their sleeping kids and suddenly flashed on the idea that we needed a shanty for the job.
Blessings,
Barbara

MIDI file: kidhaul1.mid

Timebase: 240

TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Tempo: 100 (600000 microsec/crotchet)
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