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My Father said that he would hire to me a Man.

Found in Malchair.abc from the Eric Conrad abc collection
My Father said that he would hire to me a Man. - staff notation
X:1322
T:My Father said that he would hire to me a Man.
C:John Malchair's Third Collection of Tunes
F:https://www.vwml.org/record/Malchair/3619/p131
F:www.vwml.org/topics/historic-dance-and-tune-books/Malchair
Z:Eric Conrad Feb 2020
N:NB1 Repeat added.
N:NB2 The final measure in the MS is unclear.  The transcription is a best guess.
N:NB3 Dot added.
W:NB. The Notes mark'd to us X are expressd by a Clap of the hand.
M:C
L:1/8
K:D
P:A
|: "_NB1"A | (Ad) .d.d d2 (f>a) | (gf)(ed) B2 (c>d) | (e<c) A2 (e<c) A2 | (d>e)(f>g) a3 :|
P:B
f | (g>f)(ga) b2 (d'>b) | a(fed) e2 (d>e) | "_X".fz (d>e) "_X".fz d>e | "_X"(f<d) B2 "_X"(e<c) A2 |
d>ef>g a<f d2 | b2 g>b a<fd>e | "_NB2"A2 {/g}c2 {Bc}"_NB3"d3  |]
% some student practice notes (ABcdf) appear after this tune.
% They seem to have been written in heavy pencil and also seem to have been (badly!) erased.
% (Hard to be sure with jpeg image copies.)

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