The Free Software Song
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The lyrics of ``The Free Software Song'' are sung to the melody of the Bulgarian folk song ``Sadi moma bela loza.'' To listen to a recording of the piece accompanied by Bulgarian instruments played in traditional style, please visit http://gnu.org/music/FreeSWSong.ogg.
This song is in a rhythm of 7/8; those
unaccustomed to odd rhythms often take the unevenness to be a
mistake. The meter can be analyzed into three subgroups as
slow-quick-quick or 3-2-2. Such meters in Bulgarian music can often be
stretched, and some musicians analyze this song as 3-2-3 instead;
however, the last ``3'' is not as long as the first. Yves Moreau, who
collected and taught the dance, endorses the rhythm of 7.

Copyright © 2010 Richard Stallman

Richard Stallman wrote the lyrics above in 1991. This version of the score is published in