G'day BAZ, Alison & Alan, It turns out that the tune I had in mind was an earlier setting by Tony McLachlan, a Bush Music Club member, who won our Henry Lawson song competition with this setting, back in the 1960s. I suspect (having no speakers on this machine) that Alison's version is the one I have heard in more recent years (which I seem to associate with Western Australia?).

As I said above, there are many different settings for Henry Lawson's poems. Some cavill at Henry's skill as a poet - the folk love him, but not his "Learned Critics" - however, all his work makes beautiful lyrics and his feelings are very basic to the Australian phsyche.

Anyway, I will give you Tony's setting as well:

MIDI file: outsidet.mid

Timebase: 240

TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Tempo: 128 (468750 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0720 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 60 080 0128 0 60 064 0032 1 60 080 0128 0 60 064 0032 1 60 080 0128 0 60 064 0032 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0288 0 67 064 0072 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 69 080 0128 0 69 064 0032 1 69 080 0128 0 69 064 0032 1 69 080 0128 0 69 064 0032 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 67 080 0576 0 67 064 0144 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 65 080 0288 0 65 064 0072 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 69 080 0128 0 69 064 0032 1 69 080 0128 0 69 064 0032 1 69 080 0128 0 69 064 0032 1 71 080 0288 0 71 064 0072 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 67 080 0576 0 67 064 0144 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 60 080 0192 0 60 064 0048 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 69 080 0576 0 69 064 0144 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 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 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 71 080 0096 0 71 064 0024 1 71 080 0096 0 71 064 0024 1 72 080 0192 0 72 064 0048 1 72 080 0192 0 72 064 0048 1 74 080 0192 0 74 064 0048 1 71 080 0096 0 71 064 0024 1 72 080 0096 0 72 064 0024 1 74 080 0288 0 74 064 0072 1 72 080 0096 0 72 064 0024 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 69 080 0192 0 69 064 0048 1 67 080 0576 0 67 064 0144 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 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 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 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 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 69 080 0288 0 69 064 0072 1 69 080 0096 0 69 064 0024 1 65 080 0128 0 65 064 0032 1 67 080 0128 0 67 064 0032 1 69 080 0128 0 69 064 0032 1 67 080 0576 0 67 064 0144 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 69 080 0128 0 69 064 0032 1 69 080 0128 0 69 064 0032 1 69 080 0128 0 69 064 0032 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0048 1 72 080 0192 0 72 064 0048 1 72 080 0192 0 72 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 65 080 0192 0 65 064 0048 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 64 080 0192 0 64 064 0048 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 60 080 0576 0 60 064 0144 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 60 080 0576 0 60 064
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:
M:4/4
Q:1/4=128
K:C
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G6E2|F3ED2EF|E2F2G2G2|A5/4A3/2A5/4B3A|G6ED|
C2C2C2EF|G2G2G2GG|F2E2F2G2|A6AA|A2AAB2BB|
c2c2d2Bc|d3cB2A2|G6GG|G2F2E2GG|G2F2E2G2|A3AF5/4G3/2A5/4|
G6GG|A5/4A3/2A5/4B2B2|c2c2G2E2|F2GFE2D2|C6ED|
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Enjoy,

Regards,

Bob Bolton