COTTAGE MAID

X: 11131
T: COTTAGE MAID
C:
%R: jig
B: Elias Howe "The Musician's Companion" Part 1 1842 p.113
S: http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Musician's_Companion_(Howe,_Elias)
Z: 2015 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The score has 8 staffs, grouped as two sets of 4 staffs, but the bar lines  and  harmonies  don't
N: line up well, and only the first two staffs have clefs. It works only as a set of 4 2-staff sets.
N: Staffs 1-2 have the same first 6 bars  as  staffs  3+4.   Then  staffs  5+6  are  something  very
N: different,  and  staffs 7+8 are the same as 2+3 except for the last bar.  This is the common AABA
N: repeat pattern for a 4x8=32-bar tune. I've transcribed it this way. Also, note that the 2nd staff
N: in  each  pair  only  makes  sense in C with a bass ("F") clef; with the printed treble clef, the
N: bottom voice is in A minor rather than C.  [Sloppy, sloppy! ;-]
N: Bar 16 starts with a [cDC] chord, which is clearly a typo; fixed.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: C
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V: 1 staves=2
[| !p!\
[e3G3] ([eG][fA]).[dF] | ([g3E3] [e2C2])[eG] |\
[e3G3] ([eG][fA]).[dF] | ([c3E3] [G2E2])z |!f!\
([a2f2][bg]) [c'a][bg].[af] | ([g3e3] [e2c2])c |\
[d2B2][ec] [fd2]d[gB] | ([e3c3] [d2B2])z |
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[e3G3] ([eG][fA]).[dF] | ([g3E3] [e2C2])[eG] |\
[e3G3] ([eG][fA]).[dF] | [c3E3] [G2E2]z |\
([a2f2][bg]) [c'a][bg].[af] | ([g3e3] [e2c2])c |\
[d2B2][ec] {g}[fA][eG][dF] | [cE]GE Cz g  |
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!p!\
[d2B2][ec] {g}[fd][ec][dB] | ([e3c3] [g2e2])[ec] |\
[d2B2][ec] {g}[fd][ec][dB] | c2z z2g |!f!\
[d2B][ec] [fd][ec][dB] | [e3c3] [ge][ec][cA] |\
[BG]d[gB] [cA][BG][A^F] | HG4 z2 |
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!mf!\
[e3G3] ([eG][fA]).d | ([g3E3] [e2C2])[eG] |\
[e3G3] ([eG][fA]).[dF] | [c3E3] [G2E2]z |\
([a2f2][bg]) [c'a][bg].[af] | ([g3e3] [g2e2])[ec] |\
[d2B2][ec] {g}[fA][eG][dF] | [c3E3-][c2E2] z H|]
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V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
[| !p!\
c2c c2c | ceg c'2z | c2c c2c | ceg c'2z |!f!\
c3 c'3 | ceg c'2z | g2g g2g | (g3 G2)z |
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c2c c2c | ceg c'2z | c2c c2c | ceg c'2z |\
c3  c'3 | ceg c'2z | g2c fgG | cge czz |
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!p!\
g2g g2g | c2c c2c | g2g g2g | c'2g ece |!f!\
g2g g2g | c2c c2c | d2d d2d | g4 z2 |
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!mf!\
c2c c2c | ceg c'2z | d2c c2c | ceg c'2z |\
c3  c'3 | ceg c'2z | g2c fgG | c3- c2 z H|]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/EliasHowe/MusiciansCompanionP1-1842-V2/0294
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/EliasHowe/MusiciansCompanionP1/11131_Cottage_Maid/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/EliasHowe/MusiciansCompanionP1/MusiciansCompanionP1-1842-V1/0294
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/EliasHowe/MusiciansCompanionP1/MusiciansCompanionP1-1842-V2/0294

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