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Thread #25445   Message #546399
Posted By: Jon W.
10-Sep-01 - 01:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Firing the Mauretania
Subject: Tune Add: FIRING THE MAURITANIA
You know what? I just remembered about Alan Foster's software so here is MIDI and ABC, thanks to the man from Australia:

MIDI file: MAURIT~1.MID

Timebase: 192

Name: Firing the Mauritania
Text: By traditional?
TimeSig: 2/4 24 8
Key: G
Start
0000 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 67 110 0142 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 71 110 0046 0 71 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 71 110 0142 0 71 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 62 110 0046 0 62 000 0002 1 67 110 0046 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0142 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0046 0 67 000 0002 1 71 110 0062 0 71 000 0002 1 69 110 0062 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0062 0 67 000 0002 1 66 110 0142 0 66 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 62 110 0046 0 62 000 0002 1 62 110 0046 0 62 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0046 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0062 0 67 000 0002 1 71 110 0064 0 71 000 0000 1 69 110 0062 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 71 110 0142 0 71 000 0002 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 62 110 0046 0 62 000 0002 1 62 110 0046 0 62 000 0002 1 67 110 0142 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0046 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 71 110 0142 0 71 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 66 110 0126 0 66 000 0002 1 67 110 0126 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0126 0 69 000 0002 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 78 110 0160 0 78 000 0032 1 79 110 0160 0 79 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 67 110 0142 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0046 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 71 110 0142 0 71 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:Firing the Mauritania
M:2/4
Q:1/4=120
K:G
D2G3G2B|A2G2B3B|-Bd4DGG|-G2GB3/2AG3/2F|-F2G2A4|
DDG2GG3/2BA/2|-AG2B3c2|d4DDG2|-GGG2B3A|-AG4G3|
-GG4F5/2G/2|-G5/2A5/2B3|-Bc4d3|-df4g3|-gB4A3|
-AB4c3|-cB4A3|-AB4D3|-DD2G3GG|-GB3A2G2|-G2G7/2||

Note on performance: The last syllable of the words "Mauritania" and "slaver" in the chorus are held out about an extra beat. I put fermatas in the NWC version of this but they didn't come out in MIDI.