hmm, I'm going to have to get around to the midi.
I typed out the following before I saw your message, Helen,so I'll paste it in anyway:
The Water-Kelpie's Lullaby (Marjory Kennedy- Fraser, 1909 - based on Gaelic words and tune from the Gesto collection)A Mhór a ghaoil! A Mhór, a shògh
Till gud' mhacan is gheabh [gheibh] thu 'm bradan breac o'n loch.
A hó hì, A hó hì, A hó hóan
A hó hó-an, A hó hì A hó hìAvore [o Mór], my love, Avore [o Mór], my joy!
To thy babe come and troutlings you'll get out the loch,
A hó hì, A hó hì, A hó hóan
A hó hó-an, A hó hì A hó hì3/4 time, b flat I use D1 for the higher D note, ~ to indicate same note held into next measure, - to indicate a space (other than than, I can't indicae tempo, but you should be able to tell whether or not the tune is familiar)
--F/CCC/~F/CCC/~/FD1CAF/GGGGGG/G-/FAG/FAG/FCCA/ACCF/FD1CAG/GAG/~ - NEXT VERSE..,
If this tune fits I can type the rest of the verses out for you.A Mhór, a Mhór
another version School of Scottish Studies SA 1956/164 recorded from William Matheson by James Ross (This song might be on a commercially available School of Scottish Studies recording of William Matheson. I got it from an issue of the School's magazine 'Tocher' but |I neglected to copy down the no. of the issue. School of Scottish Studies website no. is given early on in this thread)1)A Mhór, a Mhór, A Mhór, a Mhór,
Till ri do mhacan, Till ri do mhacan
's gheibh thu bacan bhreac a-nochd bhuam.2)Tha'n oidhche fuar
aig Beinn Thorcain
Gun teine gun tuar
Ach na flodain
Air taobh cnocain, 's e dol as oirnn(repeat a Mhór...a-nochd bhuam)
1) F~.3/4 bB/BAB-B/BAB/EFGAD/EDGAD/GFAFGB/AG-/
2) B/BABD1/BAB/7/8: EGAD-DGDD/3/4: AEGAD/GFAFGB/AG-//
HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 21-Feb-02.