Who will dandle my Mary?

X: 175
T: Who will dandle my Mary?
T: Co a ni mireadh ri Mairi
R: slip-jig
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands cresc/diminuendo symbol.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.81 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
Q: "Slow."
K: G
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 6-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
B |!p!\
G2B (TB>AB) (BpA)Pd | "_cres."G2B (B>AB) pd2Pe |\
"_dim."G2B (TB>AB) (BpA)Pd | Q{B}A2G G<EG qA2 :| (pd//e//Pf/) |\
!f!g>f"_dim."e d>ec Bc(d/e//f//) |!p! g>fe (de).c B2(pd/e//Pf//) |!f!
"_dim."g>fe d>ec (Bc)d | Q{B}A2G G<EG qA2(pd/e//Pf//) |\
!f! "_dim."g>fe d>ec Bc(d/e//f//) |!p!g>fe dgB .d2(pd/e//Pf//) |!f!\
gbd' bge dBd | Q{B}A2G G<EG qA2 |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |!p! G3 g3 g3 |G3 g3 g3 | G3 g3 g3 | f3 e3 d2 :| z |
!f!G3 g3 g3 |!p! G3 g3 g3 |!f! G3 g3 g3 | f3 e3 d2z |
!f!e'd'b bc'a g3 |!p! edc B2G d2z |!f!G3 g3 g3 | f3 e3 d2 |]
% = = = = = = = = = =

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc2/0055
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0081

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