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the Atholl Highlanders Jig

Found in NYE_all_tunes.abc from the John Chambers abc collection
the Atholl Highlanders Jig - staff notation
X: 1
T: the Atholl Highlanders Jig
O: Trad
R: jig-time march
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The G chords are often "modernized" to E7, except for the last line, which always has G.
N: Hebert p.20
N: Lord Athlone's March on Banff SBS5406
D: Graham Townsend on the Piper's Broken Finger
D: Boys of the Lough, cut 4A
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: AMix=g
c/d/ |: "A"e3 e>cA  | ecA "G"Bcd  |1,3 "A"e3 e>cA  | "G"Bcd "(E)"cBA :|2,4 "A"e-<ae "D"fed | "E"cdB "A"A2 :|
c/B/ |: "A"A>ce Ace | "D"A>df Adf |1,3 "A"A>ce Ace | "G"Bcd "(E)"c2B :|2,4 "A"e-<ae "D"fed | "E"cdB "A"A2 :|
 e   |: "A"a2e edc  | a2e edc     |1,3  a2e edc    | "G"Bcd "(E)"cBA :|2,4 "A"e-<ae "D"fed | "E"cdB "A"A2 :|
 B   |: "A"c>Ac cAc | "G"d-<Bd dBd |1,3 "A"c-<Ac cAc | "G"B-<GB Bcd :|2,4 "A"e-<ae "D"fed | "E"cdB "A"A2 :|

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