Re: Black-Eyed Susan

Converted it from Midi to NWC last night, to see if I could get the lyrics and dots to match up (gee, maybe I should have titled this thread "Connecting the dots" ;-}), and discovered that this is the wierdest song, rhythmicly speaking, that I've seen. The time signature switches between 3/1 (that's three *over* one) to 5/4 -- a few times, even in the middle of a measure. Has anyone here ever heard of something like that?

And no matter what I do with the dots (slurring, converting to grace notes) the words come up short half way through the verse...

Any suggestions on how to "fix" this?

I'm wondering if maybe we hear music (As opposed to just hearing sound) if it meshes with our own body's rhythms -- breathing, heartbeat and the like. If so, I may need to be an alien to figure this song out! ;-)

:::Sigh::: maybe I can find an MP3 or real audio of someone singing this song...