MERRIE MUSICKS
                         The Electronic Minstrel
   
                  version 2.0 (c) 1992 by Jim Henry III
   
   Merrie Musicks lightens the hearts of men by playing twenty-eight
songs and tunes.
   Run it (type "MUSICKS" at the DOS prompt) (and press ENTER for you
novices).  Try out the different songs.
   If you like it, consider how much better it will be if you register
it:
   * You'll be able to run one song from the DOS prompt or a batch
      file.
   * Merrie Musicks can display the words to the songs as it plays
      them (sixteen of them).
   * You can set it to play one randomly selected song after another
      until you tell it to stop.
   * You can set the octave, tempo (speed) and style (legato, staccato
      or normal) for playing the songs.
   * You can tell it not to play "Shave-and-a-Haircut" every time the
      program ends.
   
   Each of these features' instructions is available separately if you
don't want to pay for all of them.  Print out ORDERFRM.TXT to register
(type COPY ORDERFRM.TXT PRN at the DOS prompt).
   
   
                             RELEASE HISTORY
   
   Demo version: Amazing Grace, Camptown Races, Chariots of Fire, the
Orange Blossom Special, When the Roll is Called Up Yonder, the Yellow
Rose of Texas, and The Stars and Stripes Forever.  There was a bug in
some releases of the demo version: When the Roll is Called Up Yonder
wouldn't play.  July 1991.
   Version 1.0 added: The Chattanooga Shoe-Shine Boy, May the Bird of
Paradise Fly Up Your Nose, The Star-Spangled Banner, the Whistle-Stop,
The Vikings Come, The Sound of Music, the Hero's Quest I theme music,
the Ode to Joy, and Good Christian Men, Rejoice, for a total of 16. 
There was a bug in some releases of 1.0; the shareware message
wouldn't display properly, but flashed briefly on the screen and
returned to DOS.
   
   Version 1.1 added these: Greensleeves, Praise Him, Let the Sun
Shine In, and God Bless America, for a new total of 20.
   Version 1.2 added these: Goober Peas, The Battle Hymn of the
Republic, Let's Go Fly a Kite, and When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Again, for a new total of 24.
   Version 2.0 removed the Hero's Quest I theme music, and added
Grandma's Lye Soap, Mountain Dew, a bit of Tchaikovsky, Shave-and-a-
Haircut, and the Tennessee Birdwalk; also the words to God Bless
America, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Let's Go Fly a Kite, and
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again.  It also added color, and the
continuous play option and octave, tempo and style setting for
registered users.
   
   
                           DISTRIBUTION POLICY
   
            To User Groups, BBS sysops, and Disk Vendors:
   
   You may _give away_ copies of Merrie Musicks to whomever you like,
without asking particular permission.  Please do!  However, please do
not separate the program from this text file (or ORDERFRM.TXT). 
Preferably, distribute them in the original ARJ or ZIP file.  Make
sure it has the version number in the filename (MUSICK20.ARJ or .ZIP).
                                                      ^^
   To _sell_ copies of Merrie Musicks, you must write to me for
permission, and send me a copy of your catalog.  If you are selling
disks (or CD's or any other format invented from now until the end of
time, world without end, amen) for more than $6, or if Merrie Musicks
is the only program on a disk, you must also pay a one-time fee of $25
(which covers future versions of Merrie Musicks as well).
   Make checks payable to James T. Henry III.

          Jim Henry III
          405 Gardner Road
          Stockbridge, GA  30281-1515
          
If you just want to suggest enhancements or report a bug, you can
leave a message to JIM HENRY on the ILink Shareware or Shareware
Issues conferences and save yourself a bit of postage, or, in the
Atlanta area, on the FTL main board conference ((404) 292-8761) (save
the good sysops a bit of long-distance charges).  I welcome comments
(though I welcome registration fees even more).

2/3/92