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Sleep till day.

Found in 179=Sleep_till_day.abc2.abc from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
Sleep till day. - staff notation
X: 179
T: Sleep till day.
T: Caidil gu lo.
R: air, waltz
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands cresc/diminuendo symbols and trailing grace notes.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.83 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q: "Tender."
K: D
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 16-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
!p!(F>G) |\
{FG}A2 F2 D2 | pd3 e {de}Pf2 | QA2 G2 qF2 | Q([F2D2] q[E2C2]) (F>G) |\
"_cres."{FG}A2 F2 D2 | pd3 e (fPd) | QA2 F2 TE2 {DE}| qD4 F>G ||\
!p!{FG}A2 F2 D2 | pd3 e Pf2 | pF2 B2^A2 | B3 Pc Q(dqB) |\
"_cres."A3 F(ED) | d3 e (fd) | QA2 F2 TE2 {DE}| qD4 |]
(d>e) |\
!p!f4 ec | d2 F2 (AB) | =c3 d c2 | Q([B2G2] q[A2F2]) pd>Pe |\
!f!f4 "_dim"ec | d2 c2 B2 | A2 G2 F2 | [F2D2] H[E2C2] pF>PG ||\
!p! {FG}A2 F2 D2 | pd3 e {de}Pf2 | QA2 G2 qF2 | Q([F2D2] q[E2C2]) F>G |\
"_cres"{FG}A2 F2 D2 | pd3 e (fPd) | QA2 F2 TE2 {DE} | qD4 |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
!p!d2 | d'4 d2 | f2 e2 d2 | f2 g2 ^g2 | a4 z2 | d4 z2 | f2 e2 d2 | fg a2 A2 | d4 z2 ||
!p!d4 z2 | f2 e2 d2 | de f2 F2 | B2 a2 g2 | f2 a2 g2 | f2 e2 d2 | fg a2 A2 | d4 |] z2 |
!p!d'2 d2 z2 | b2 B2 z2 | a2 f4 | g2 d2 z2 | !f!d'2 d2 z2 | b2 a2 g2 | f2 g2 ^g2 | a2 HA2 z2 ||!p! d'4 d2 |
f2 e2 d2 | f2 g2 ^g2 | a2 A2 z2 | d'4 d2 | f2 e2 d2 | fg a2 A2 | d4 |]
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