Thou hast left me melancholy.

X: 157
T: Thou hast left me melancholy.
T: Dhfag u mi fodh bhron.
R: air
N: This is version 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand diminuendo symmbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.74 #1
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q: "Very Slow & Soft."
K: D
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 8-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
[|!p!\
F<A [BG]>[AF] [A2F2] | {F}d>B A[FD] [E2C2] |\
F<A [BG]>[AF] [A2F2] | (3(Adf) e2 {de}d2 ||\
("_cres"F<A) [BG][AF] [A2F2] | {F}d>B A[FD] [E2C2] |\
(F>A) TB>A Hd2 | (3(Adf) e2 {de}d2 |]
[|\
{g}f>d {c}e>c d>A | (Bc/)d/ A[FD] [E2C2] |\
{g}f<d {c}e>c d>B | Ag (f/e/)(d/c/) ([ec] H[dF]) (f//e//f//g//) ||\
a>f e>c d>A | (Bc/)d/ AF [FD][EC] |\
(F<A) ([BG]>"_retard"[AF]) H[A2F2] E/D/C/B,/ | (3(A,DF) (T[E2C2] {DE}[F2D2]) |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
[|\
d2 [d2g2] [d2f2] | [d2g2] f^g [A2a2] | d2 [d2g2] [d2f2] | a2 A2 d2 ||
d2 [d2g2] [d2f2] | [g2b2] f>^g [A2a2] | d2 [d2g2] H[d2f2] | f2 {^g}a2 d2 |]
[|\
[f2d'2] [a2e'2] [f2d'2] | [g2d'2] fd A2 | d'2 [a2e'2] [b2d'2] | eg aAx Hdz ||
d'2 a2 f2 | g2 d2 A2 | d2 c2 Hd2 x2 | A2 g2 f2 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc1/0037
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0039
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0053

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