Charles Kelly's Macintalk Songs

From this page you can hear a Macintosh computer sing.

This page is perhaps only intersting to those using an old Macintosh or those who have an interest in the historical development of the Mac.

This page shows one of the things that was possible on Macs before MacOS X.

This was cool while it lasted, but the Apple Computer company has made it obsolete.
- It requires a Macintosh using pre-MacOS X.
  If you are using MacOS 10 or later, the plugin does not work even in classic mode, you'll need to restart your computer in MacOS 9, then install the free plugin (see below). I assume this is too much trouble for most people, but I've left this page online for those who might find this interesting.
- Of course, this means an Intel Mac has no chance of running this at all, since now Apple has made applications requiring MacOS 9 or earlier obsolete.

System Requirements
- You need a Macintosh with Macintalk installed.
- You must be using either Netscape or a recent version of Explorer.
- You must have the Talker plug-in (12k) installed.
  - MacOS 9 and Earlier: Download it, unstuff it, put it into the plugins folder in Netscape or Explorer, then restart Netscape or Explorer.
  - MacOS 10 and Later: This plugin does not work with MacOS X or its classic mode.
    MacOS X users, will need to restart their computers in MacOS 9.2 or older. (That's probably too much trouble for most of you, so this is one of those pages that the Apple company has made obsolete.)
Notes:
- You may stop the songs by pressing the esc key.
- Depending on your setup, all the voices in multi-part songs may not be heard.

Are You Sleeping (2 Voices): A traditional round
A-Roving: English Folk Song
Aura Lee: Popular during the American Civil War
Billy Boy: Credited to Edward L. White, an American
B'il That Cabbage Down (4 Voices): American Folk Song
Blow the Man Down: Old Sea Chantey
Charlie Is My Darling: Old Scottish Tune, Words by Lady Nairne
Cindy: American Folk Song
Cumberland Gap: American Folk Song.
The Dying Cowboy: American Folk Song
Early One Morning: English Folk Song
Fisher's Hornpipe: Traditional Fiddle Tune
The Foggy, Foggy Dew: Folk Song
The Galway Piper: Irish Folk Song
Georgy Porgy: Folk Song
The Old Chisholm Trail: American Folk Song
Ol' Texas (2 Voices): American Folk Song, often sung in two parts
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain: American Folk Song
Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me (2 Voices): American folk song, popular during the Civil War
Sweet Betsy from Pike: American Folk Song
Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son: Folk Song
Waterbound: American Folk Song
What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor: Sea Chantey
Yankee Doodle: From the mid-1700's
The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn: American Folk Song

Blest be the Tie that Binds (4 Voices): John Fawcett, 1740-1817, Hans G. Nageli, 1768-1836
Go Down Moses: Traditional American Spiritual
Old Hundredth (The Doxology): Words: Thomas Ken 1709, Tune 1551
Rock of Ages: Augustus M. Toplady 1776, Thomas Hastings 1830
Were You There: American Traditional Spiritual
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross: Isaac Watts 1707, Lowell Mason 1824
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (2 Voices): Christmas Hymn

After the Ball: Charles K. Harris, 1880's
Daisy Bell: Harry Dacre, 1880's
The Stars and Stripes Forever: John Phillip Sousa, words & music, late 1880's
Chester: Words & Music by William Billings. Popular during the American revolution.

It's a fully-functioning freeware Hypercard stack.

Kajita Takuya's Famous PD Songs: Over 50 songs in English and in Japanese
Naotaka Morimoto's Talker Hall: 6 Japanese songs
All lyrics and melodies are in the public domain.
All files and musical arrangements are Copyright (C) 1997 by Charles I. Kelly
These files should not be distributed or put online elsewhere without permission