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A Health to Betty.

Found in Malchair.abc from the Eric Conrad abc collection
A Health to Betty. - staff notation
X:341
T:A Health to Betty.
T:from the edition of 1665.  See another vol 2nd p 20, 1652.
C:John Malchair's Third Collection of Tunes
F:https://www.vwml.org/record/Malchair/3619/p34
F:www.vwml.org/topics/historic-dance-and-tune-books/Malchair
Z:Eric Conrad Jan 2020
N:MS "mistakes" in this tune and the next suggest a copy from an earlier MS using different notation.
N:NB1 No repeats in MS.  Assuming the tune is repeated.
N:NB2 Long measure in MS.
M:4/4   % MS has C| (cut time)
L:1/8
K:Gdor % modality uncertain - key signature is 1 flat  (Bb Lydian?, F major?, D minor?, G Dorian?)
|: "_NB1"G2 | [M:5/4] "_NB2"G3A G2^F2D2 | [M:4/4]B2c2 A2d2 | [M:5/4] "_NB2"d3e d2c2A2 | [M:4/4] f2d2 d2e2 |
[M:5/4] "_NB2"f2d2 B3cd2 | [M:4/4] c2A2 F2F2 | [M:5/4] "_NB2"G3A G2^F2D2 | [M:4/4] (B2c2 A2) :|
W:(Transcriber's note: Despite the odd meter, this is really quite catchy!)

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