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De'il take the Wars [C]

Found in Deil_Take_the_Wars.abc from the John Chambers abc collection
De'il take the Wars    [C] - staff notation
X: 1
T: De'il take the Wars    [C]
P: Longways for as many as will
O: John Walsh, London ca.1740
%R: reel
B: "The Compleat Country Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London ca. 1740
S: 6: CCDM1 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.1 p.113 #164 (226)
B: "The Dancing-Master: Containing Directions and Tunes for Dancing" printed by W. Pearson for John Walsh, London ca. 1709
S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.219 "U 2"
S: https://archive.org/details/dancingmasterord00play/page/218 [2018-12-7]
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: DMDfD has "a Scots air" and "same name" to the right of the title. The two tunes differ slightly in bar 15.
N: The dance seems to have the 1st cu. lead thro' the 1st cu. in the last phrase.
M: C|
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=90
K: C
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|:\
c2 (c/d/)e d3 c | cA (A/B/)c G2 E2 |\
(EG) (Gc) (cd) (de) | (fe)(dc) d4 ||\
c2 (c/d/)e d3c | cG (A/B/)c G2 E2 |
(EG) (Gc) (cd) (de) | (g/f/)e (d>c) c4 ::\
e2 (e/f/)g ec ec | B2 (B/c/)d dB dB |\
e2 ec d2 dB | c2 (d/c/)(B/A/) A3 G |
E2 G2 (G/A/)G cG | EG (G/A/)G G3 G |\
A2 B>c d3 c | d>e dc B3 A |\
G2 (GE) G2 (cd) | (fe) (d>c) c4 :|
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