the Nuptial Knot

X: 156
T: the Nuptial Knot
T: Snaim a phosaidh.
R: jig
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.73 #2
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: "Jig & Song."
K: Em
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 3 8-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
d |:\
BGE EFE | AFD DFA | BGE EGE | FGF d3 ||\
BGE EGE | AFD DFA | d^cB cBA | BAF d3 :|
{Bc}d2B BdB | {d}^c2A AcA | {Bc}d2B BdB | dBd e2f ||\
{Bc}d2B BdB | A2F FGF | BGE EGE | FGF d3 ||
{Bc}d2B BdB | {d}^c2A AcA | {Bc}d2B BdB | dBd efg ||\
agf gfe | fed ed^c |  d^cB cBA | BAF d3 |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |:\
E3 e3 | D3 d3 | E3 e3 | D3 d3 || E3 e3 | D3 d3 | f3 g3 | a3 d3 :|
d3 g3 | a3 ^c'3 | d'3 g3 | G3 A3 || B3 g3 | f3 d3 | g3 a3 | d3 d'3 ||
d3 g3 | a3 ^c'3 | d'3 g3 | g3 g3 || f2d e2c | d2B c2A | G3 g3 | a3 d3 |]
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