Minstrel Boy

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Originally posted by Grodeoc

Flute

The Minstral Boy .abc file.
Copy the text below and put it in a new notepad document in your Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Music folder. I named my file "minst_flute" for easy playing.

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%abc
%%abc-alias none
%%abc-creator ABCexplorer 1.1.0 [3/22/2008]

X:1
T:The Minstral Boy (Flute Part)
M:4/4
L:1/4
H: This song is to the tune, "The Moreen," an ancient Irish air. Words by Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Z: Transcribed by M. Walker (Grodeoc) + S. Walker (Adanriele)
N: For Lord of the Rings Band (Flute and Lute)
W: The minstrel boy to the war is gone,
W: In the ranks of death you will find him;
W: His father's sword he hath girded on,
W: And his wild harp slung behind him;
W: "Land of Song!" cried the warrior bard,
W: "Tho' all the world betrays thee,
W: One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
W: One faithful harp shall praise thee!"
W: The Minstrel fell but the foeman's chain
W: Could not bring that proud soul under;
W: The harp he loved never spoke again,
W: For he tore its chords asunder;
W: And said "No chains shall sully thee,
W: Thou soul of love and bravery!
W: Thy songs were made for the pure and free
W: They shall never sound in slavery!
Q:100
K:C
z2z/G/ | C3/D/ F/E/D/C/ | EGcB/c/ | AGE3/4F/4 G/E/ | D2C3/G,/ |
C3/D/ F/E/D/C/ | EGcB/c/ | AGE3/4F/4 G/E/ | D2C3/G/ | cBAB/c/ | BAG3/G/|
A3/E/E3/G/ | A3/4G/4 A/B/c3/c/ |C3/D/ F/E/D/C/ | EGcB/c/ | AGE3/4F/4 G/E/ | D2C2 |
z/G/ | C3/D/ F/E/D/C/ | EGcB/c/ | AGE3/4F/4 G/E/ | D2C3/G,/ |
C3/D/ F/E/D/C/ | EGcB/c/ | AGE3/4F/4 G/E/ | D2C3/G/ | cBAB/c/ | BAG3/G/|
A3/E/E3/G/ | A3/4G/4 A/B/c3/c/ |C3/D/ F/E/D/C/ | EGcB/c/ | AGE3/4F/4 G/E/ | D2C2 |
D3/E/ G/^F/E/D/ | ^F2A2 | d4 |

Lute

The Minstral Boy .abc file.
Copy the text below and put it in a new notepad document in your Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Music folder. I named my file "minst_lute" for easy playing.

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%abc
%%abc-alias none
%%abc-creator ABCexplorer 1.1.0 [3/22/2008]

X:1
T:The Minstral Boy (Lute Part)
M:4/4
L:1/4
H: This song is to the tune, "The Moreen," an ancient Irish air. Words by Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Z: Transcribed by M. Walker (Grodeoc) + S. Walker (Adanriele)
N: For Lord of the Rings Band (Flute and Lute)
W: The minstrel boy to the war is gone,
W: In the ranks of death you will find him;
W: His father's sword he hath girded on,
W: And his wild harp slung behind him;
W: "Land of Song!" cried the warrior bard,
W: "Tho' all the world betrays thee,
W: One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
W: One faithful harp shall praise thee!"
W: The Minstrel fell but the foeman's chain
W: Could not bring that proud soul under;
W: The harp he loved never spoke again,
W: For he tore its chords asunder;
W: And said "No chains shall sully thee,
W: Thou soul of love and bravery!
W: Thy songs were made for the pure and free
W: They shall never sound in slavery!
Q:100
K:C
z4|[c2G2C2G,2C,2][B2G2B,2G,2]|[cAECC,][BGDB,][c2A2C2A,2]|[A2F2C2A,2F,2][B2G2B,2G,2]|
[B2G2B,G,D,z] G, [c2G2C2G,2C,2]|[c2G2C2G,2C,2][B2G2B,2G,2]|[cAECC,][BGDB,][c2A2C2A,2]|[A2F2C2A,2F,2][B2G2B,2G,2]|
[B2G2B,G,D,z] G, [c2G2C2G,2C,2]|[c2A2C2A,2][B2G2B,2G,2E,2]|[B2G2B,2G,2][B2G2B,2G,2D,2]|[c2A2C2A,2E,2][c2E2C2A,2E,2]|
[AFCA,F,][BGDB,G,][c2E2C2C,2]|[c2G2C2G,2C,2][B2G2B,2G,2]|[cAECC,][BGDB,][c2A2C2A,2]|[A2F2C2A,2F,2][B2G2B,2G,2]|
[B2G2B,G,D,z] G, [c2G2C2G,2C,2]|z4|
[c2G2C2G,2C,2][B2G2B,2G,2]|[cAECC,][BGDB,][c2A2C2A,2]|[A2F2C2A,2F,2][B2G2B,2G,2]|
[B2G2B,G,D,z] G, [c2G2B,2G,2]|[c2G2C2G,2C,2][B2G2B,2G,2]|[cAECC,][BGDB,][c2A2C2A,2]|[A2F2C2A,2F,2][B2G2B,2G,2]|
[B2G2B,G,D,z] G, [c2G2C2G,2C,2]|[c2A2C2A,2][B2G2B,2G,2E,2]|[B2G2B,2G,2][B2G2B,2G,2D,2]|[c2A2C2A,2E,2][c2E2C2A,2E,2]|
[AFCA,F,][BGDB,G,] [c2E2C2C,2]|[c2G2C2G,2C,2][B2G2B,2G,2]|[cAECC,][BGDB,][c2A2C2A,2]|[A2F2C2A,2F,2][B2G2B,2G,2]|
[B2G2B,G,D,z] G, [cGCG,C,][_dA_DA,]|[d3/2D3/2][e/E/] [g/G/][^f/^F/][e/E/][d/D/]|[^f2^F2][a2A2]|[d2D2D,2]

Theorbo

The Minstral Boy .abc file.
Copy the text below and put it in a new notepad document in your Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Music folder. I named my file "minst_theorbo" for easy playing.

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%abc
%%abc-alias none
%%abc-creator ABCexplorer 1.1.0 [3/22/2008]

X:1
T:The Minstral Boy (Theorbo Part)
M:4/4
L:1/4
H: This song is to the tune, "The Moreen," an ancient Irish air. Words by Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Z: Transcribed by M. Walker (Grodeoc) + S. Walker (Adanriele)
N: For Lord of the Rings Band (Flute and Lute)
W: The minstrel boy to the war is gone,
W: In the ranks of death you will find him;
W: His father's sword he hath girded on,
W: And his wild harp slung behind him;
W: "Land of Song!" cried the warrior bard,
W: "Tho' all the world betrays thee,
W: One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
W: One faithful harp shall praise thee!"
W: The Minstrel fell but the foeman's chain
W: Could not bring that proud soul under;
W: The harp he loved never spoke again,
W: For he tore its chords asunder;
W: And said "No chains shall sully thee,
W: Thou soul of love and bravery!
W: Thy songs were made for the pure and free
W: They shall never sound in slavery!
Q:100
K:C
C2 G,2 | C B, A,2 | F,2 G,2 | D, G, C,2 | C2 G,2 C B, A,2 | F,2 G,2 | D, G, C,2 | A,2 E,2 | G,2 D,2 |
E,2 E,2 | F, G, C,2 | C2 G,2 | C B, A,2 | F,2 G,2 | D, G, C,2 | z4 |
C2 G,2 | C B, A,2 | F,2 G,2 | D, G, C,2 | C2 G,2 | C B, A,2 | F,2 G,2 | D, G, C,2 | A,2 E,2 | G,2 D,2 | E,2 E,2 |
F, G, C,2 | C2 G,2 | C B, A,2 | F,2 G,2 | D, G, C, A, | d3/2 e/ z e/d/ | z4 | D4 ||