G'day again,


Here's another Australian Christmas Carol, refer to my posting above of Carol of the Birds.
THE SILVER STARS ARE IN THE SKY
Words by John Wheeler
Music by William G. James

The silver stars are in the sky,
The red-gold moon goes riding high,
O, sleep my little one sleep!
Once long ago, against her breast,
A mother rocked her child to rest,
Who was the Prince of Heav'n above,
The Lord of happiness and love.
O, sleep, my little one sleep!

The boobook calls across the night,
The brown moths flutter in the light,
O, sleep, my little one sleep!
In Bethlehem long, long ago,
When roads and paddocks gleam'd with snow;
On this same night, that mother mild,
Lull'd into dreams her royal child.
So, sleep, my little one, sleep!
Sleep ...

MIDI file: silvr-st.mid

Timebase: 240

TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Tempo: 100 (600000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
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End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here

ABC format:

X:1
T:
M:3/4
Q:1/4=100
K:C
A6|G^FE2A2|G^FE3^F|DE^F2A2|BAd^cB2|A4A2|G4^F2|
E3DE2|D6|-D4D2|^CDE2G2|^FED3D|^CDE2B2|A^GA3A|
^G^FE2A2|^G^FE2A2|B^cdBA^G|A4A2|G4^F2|E3DE2|
D6|-D4A2|G4^F2|E3DE2|D6|-D6|^F6|-^F6|^F3/2||

Here is the tune, in Alan of Oz's MIDItxt format:

Regards,

Bob Bolton