I care for nothing now.

X: 160
T: I care for nothing now.
T: Ho ro gur comadh leam'h'uile ni a th'ann.
R: jig
N: This is version 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand cresc/diminuendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.75 #2
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: "Moderate & distinctly."
K: D
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V: 1 staves=2
!p!(f/e/) |\
d2A TB>AF | [AF][AF][AF] [A2F2] (f/e/) | d2A (B/c/d)F | [EC][EC][EC] [E2C2] (f/e/) ||"_cres"\
d2A TB>AF | AD(a/g/) {g}f2e | Td>cB A<FA | [FD][FD][FD] [F2D2] :|
(f/e/) |!p!\
d>ed fdTf/g/ | .a.f.d ec(A/B//c//) | dcB AGF | .[EC].[EC].[EC] [E2C2] (f/e/) ||"_cres"\
d>ed f<d (f//e//f//g//) | afd ec(A/B//c//) | d>cB A<FA | [FD][FD][FD] [F2D2] (f/e/) |
!p!d>ed fdTf/g/ | afd ec(A/B//c//) | d>cB (Ad).F | [EC][EC][EC] [E2C2] F/G/ ||\
.A.B.c .d.e.f | gec Hd2 (e//d//c//B//) | A<FB AFA | [FD][FD][FD] [F2D2] |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z | d2f g2d | d'3 d2z | d2f g2^g | a3 A2z ||"_cres"d2f g2d | f2g a2g | f2g a2A | d3 D2 :|
z |!p!  d2f a3 | f2^g a2=g | f2g f2^g | a3 A2z ||"_cres"d2f a3 | f2^g a2=g | f2g a2A | d3 D2z |
!p! d2f a2g | f2^g a2=g | f2g f2d | a3 A2z || d2e f2d |"_Exp." e2a "_retard"H[f2d2]z | d2g a2A | dfa d2 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc1/0040
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0042
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0057

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