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the Battle of the Somme

Found in Battle_of_the_Somme5_D.abc from the John Chambers abc collection
the Battle of the Somme - staff notation
X: 1
T: the Battle of the Somme
C: Pipe Major William Laurie (1882-1916)
B: "Army Manual of Bagpipe Tunes and Drum Beatings. Music for Massed Pipes and Drums, Book 2" 1934
M: 9/8
O: Scotland
R: Pipe march
Z: Richard Robinson <URL:http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/contact.html>
K: D
A faf |\
d3 d>cd edG | B3  A3 B>GB | A3 d3 faf  | (e3 e2)A faf |\
d3 d>cd edG | B3  A3 B>GB | A3 f3 e>fe | (d3 d2) ||
|: d d>cd |\
e3 A2e e>fg | fa2 d3 d>ef | g3 A3 faf  | (e3 e2)A faf |\
d3 d>cd edG | B3  A3 B>GB | A3 f3 e>fe | (d3 d2) :|

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