Does anyone have the sheet music or a MIDI file for Johnny Jump-Up? I can only find the chorus on the net.
If you’re thinking of the song about strong cider recorded by Christy Moore, the tune is better known under another name. Unfortunately I can’t tell you what it is, but it’s an air that has been used for many songs, often comical ones. I can only think of “Cod Liver Oil” and “Nuke Power” at the moment, but maybe it’ll come to me. If anyone else can supply a more common title, please do. Meanwhile here’s the abc and a link to sheet music.
X:1
T: Johnny Jump Up, etc.
M:3/4
L:1/4
K:Em
Z:Brother Steve Jones
E | EBB | BAB | GEE | E2 F/E/ |!
DEF | ABA | AFE | D2 d |!
e>f e | dBB | ABd | e2 d |!
ede | BAB | GEE | E3 ||
Good work Steve, exactly the ones I was thinking of, Christy Moore sang it on RTE tv last week. A version of Dr De Jongh’s Cod liver oil is in Colm O Lochlainn’s More Irish Street ballads, nr 30. He didn’t know the name of the tune either although he mentions ‘The grave of Wolfe Tone’ being sung to it sometimes.
[ This Message was edited by: Peter Laban on 2001-11-12 09:36 ]
Thorton, I’m at school right now, but when I get home I might be able to help you. Email me so I remember. 
http://www.creativechaos.com/jlc/audio.htm
there’s a realaudio clip. It’s not the traditional version of the song, but hey, it’s fun! Actually, you can probably find a better sounding mp3 on Morpheus (go to http://www.musiccity.com don’t worry, the band has never released that song on a disc, there’s no copyright laws to worry about, it’s from a live recording. Look for a version marked “dockstreet” the older version isn’t as good as the newer one they played at the dockstreet theater last year. there’s a bit of an intro on it, so you might not recognize the lyrics at first, but other than the beginning, not much was changed.)
[ This Message was edited by: TelegramSam on 2001-11-12 14:26 ]
I knew there were other JLC fans on here…
but as for the song, I’ve seen tons of versions of it on Audio Galaxy by various (and usually good) artists.
[ This Message was edited by: Squeaky on 2001-11-12 20:43 ]
Hey Airika, how ya doing? Never expected to run across ya here, so HEY!