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% Usage:
% abc2midi stones.abc
% timidity stones1.mid
%
% Or, to make sheet music with lyrics:
% abcm2ps stones.abc -O stones.ps
% ps2pdf stones.ps
%
X: 1
T: Stones
C: Iolo of Britannia
A: Folktune native to Britannia
Z: Transcribed by b9 from "The Book of Lore" in 2018.
Z: Note duration guessed from pseudo-medieval notation.
Z: For listening, MIDI program 68, Oboe, is recommended.
M: C
L: 1/8
Q:"Andante"
% This is a bit kludgy, but it gets a clef that looks kinda like the original.
K: C octave=-1 transpose=12 clef=tenor3 stafflines=4
% yaps specific formatting hacks
%%vskip 24
%%staffsep 24
%%titlecaps
% Pick a nice sounding instrument for MIDI playback
%%MIDI program 6 % Harpsichord
%%MIDI program 40 % Violin
%%MIDI program 68 % Oboe
AB c2 dc B2 | cB A2 (3BAG E2 |
w:Long a-go ran the sun on a folk who had a dream
w:Now men asked who they were, how they built and won-der why
w:Oh what se-crets we'd tell if you'd lis-ten and be still.
w:Still we loom in the mists as the a-ges roll a-way
AB c2 Bc d2 | cd e6 |
w:And the heart and the will and the power:
w:That they wrought stand-ing stones of such size.
w:Rid the stink and the noise from our skirts.
w:And we say of our folk, "They are here!"
AB c2 dc B2 | cB A2 (3BAG E2 |
w:They moved earth; they carved stone; mould-ed hill and chan-neled stream
w:What was done 'neath our shade? What was pray-ed 'neath our skies
w:But you have-n't¹ the clue and per-haps you ne-ver will.
% Book of Lore says "haven't *got* the clue", but that's too many syllables.
w:They² built us and they died and you'll not be know-ing why
% Book says "*That* they built us", but that's too many syllables.
AB c2 dc B2 | AG (3BAB A4 |
w:Thus³ we stand on the wide plains of Wilt__shire.
% Book says "that we *might* stand", but that's too many syllables.
w:As we stood on the wyrd plains of Wilt__shire.
w:Mute we stand on the cold plains of Wilt__shire.
w:Save we stand on the bare plains of Wilt__shire.
%more yaps formatting
%%vskip 216
%%textfont Times-Roman 12
%%text Lyrics by Gwenllian, Wyfe to Iolo
%%textfont Times-Roman 10
%%text ABC scriven by b9 in the year of our Lord MMXVIII
%%vskip 72
%%textfont Times-Roman 8
%%text ____
%%text 1. Book of Lore reads "haven't got the clue", but that's too many syllables.
%%text 2. Original text: "That they built us".
%%text 3. Original text: "That we might stand".
% For a slightly less faithful, but more singable version of the
% lyrics, please see stones-karaoke.abc.