Tune Req: Ripest Apples / Rattle on the Stovepipe

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ripest Apples
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 07:08 AM

good morning

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ripest Apples
From: Alan of Australia
Date: 14 Jul 00 - 11:42 PM

G'day,
Thanks to Joe the tune for "The Ripest of Apples" can be found here at the Mudcat MIDI site.

Cheers,
Alan

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ripest Apples
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 Jul 00 - 06:56 PM

Thanks, Bruce
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ripest Apples
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Jul 00 - 05:59 PM

Had to throw this in. Sorry. From Sappho:
Like the reddest, ripest apple on the topmost branch of the tallest tree. The pickers didn't notice her. No, they noticed her but couldn't reach her.
Describing one of her unmarried protegees.

Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: THE RIPEST OF APPLES
From: GUEST,Bruce O.
Date: 08 Jul 00 - 05:20 PM

From JFSS #2, 1900

The Ripest of Apples
'Down East' Coast song from the neighbourhood of Portland, Maine.

O the ripest of apples, they must soon grow rotten,
And the warmest of love, it must soon grow cold;
And young men's vows they must soon be forgotten,
Look out pretty maiden, that you don't get controlled.

The seas they are deep,
And I cannot wade them,
Neither have I
The wings to fly.
But I wish I could find
Some jolly, jolly boatsman,
To ferry me over,
My love and I.

O I wish that me
and my love was a sailin'
As far as the eye
Could discern from the shore.
A sailin' so far
Across the blue ocean,
Where no cares nor troubles
Wouldn't bother us no more.

X:1
T:The Ripest of Apples
S:JFSS #2, 1900
Q:1/4=80
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:G
D3/2 D/|G G B d .d B|A G (A/B/) D .D D3/4 /D/4|\
E G (A A .B) D3/4 D/4|(G A) F .G2 D|G (G B) (d .B) B/ A/|\
G A B D .D (B/D/)|E G A A/ .B3/2 D3/4 D/4|G G A G3|]

Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: THE RIPEST OF APPLES
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 Jul 00 - 03:29 PM

THE RIPEST OF APPLES

O, the ripest of apples, they must soon grow rotten,
And the warmest of love, it must soon grow cold,
And young men's vows, they must soon be forgotten,
Look out, pretty maiden, that you don't get controlled.

The seas they are deep and I cannot wade them,
Nor have I, nor ever, the wings for to fly.
I would that my love were a jolly boatman
To ferry me over, my love and I.

(repeat first stanza)

From "Sam Henry's Songs of the People"
Other titles: Tarry Trousers, I Drew My Ship Into a Harbour, Love Is Pleasing, Rattle on the Stovepipe

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MIDI file: RIPEST~1.MID

Timebase: 192

Name: The Ripest of Apples
Text: By (traditional)
Key: G
TimeSig: 6/8 24 8
Start
0384 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 74 110 0094 0 74 000 0002 1 74 110 0094 0 74 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0048 0 69 000 0000 1 71 110 0046 0 71 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 62 110 0046 0 62 000 0002 1 62 110 0046 0 62 000 0002 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 67 110 0096 0 67 000 0000 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 66 110 0094 0 66 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 74 110 0094 0 74 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 71 110 0048 0 71 000 0000 1 69 110 0046 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 59 110 0048 0 59 000 0000 1 62 110 0046 0 62 000 0002 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 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 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000
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:The Ripest of Apples
M:6/8
Q:1/4=120
K:G
D5D|GGBddB|AGA/2B/2DDD/2D/2|EGAABD|GAFG2D|
G2BdBB/2A/2|GABDDB,/2D/2|EGAABD/2D/2|GGAG13/8||

^^

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Dierdre, click on my name below to e-mail me if you'd like me to send you the tune in MIDI or Noteworthy format. Alan will post it at Mudcat MIDIs eventually.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ripest Apples
From: GUEST,Deirdre
Date: 08 Jul 00 - 03:17 PM

Thanks for that Joe. Any thing else would be really great!

Subject: Rattle on the Stovepipe
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 Jul 00 - 02:27 PM

Hi, Deirdre - I'll type up a MIDI and post it soon. Please note that a different version of the song is in the database as Rattle on the Stovepipe.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: Ripest Apples
From: GUEST,Deirdre
Date: 08 Jul 00 - 01:02 PM

I came across this song in the Digitrad search, but what I'm after is the nostalgic Irish air given to it by Sam Henry. All help greatly appreciated!