Well may my true love arrive. [Eb]

X: 180
T: Well may my true love arrive.   [Eb]
T: Slan gun t'hig mo run a nall.
R: air, strathspey
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands cresc/diminuendo symbols.
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.84 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/16
Q: "Slow with Expression."
K: Eb
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% Voice 1 reformatted for _ _-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
B,2 |\
[E3G,3]G.B2B,2 !p!(C3E)E3d | ({d}e3)cB2B,2 F2[F2D2][F3D2]G |\
"_cres"[E3G,3]G.B2.B,2 (C2E2)(A2Hc2) | QBG3(TF4{EF}) q[E6G,6] :|\
(B/c/d) |\
!p!{d}Qe3qf {e}Qd3qe p(Tc=BcPd) e2 zg | "_cres.".a2.g2.f2.e2 (Tdcde) f2(B/c/d) |
"_dim."{d}e3f {e}d3e (cBc)(d/e/) (fe)(dc) | Q(cB)AqG Q(BA)GqF .[E2G,2] .[G2B,2] .[E2G,2] (pB/c/Pd) ||\
!p!{d}Qe3qf {e}Qdqe3 (Tpc=BPc)d e3f | "_cres."a3gf3e pdPe3 p.f2P.g2 |\
"_Exp."(eg3) (Ac3) pG3AHB3P(c {=Bcd}) | Qe3c BG3 q[E4G,4] |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 | e4g4 a4g2f2 | e4g4 B4b4 | e4g4 a4HA4 | b4B4 E6 :| z2 |
g4b4 a4g2z2 | f2e2d2c2 B4 b2a2 | g4f4 e4a4 | a4b2B2 e4E2a2 ||
g4b4 a4g2z2 | f2g2a2=a2 b4B4 | g4c'4 e'2c'2Hg3a y| g3ab2B2 e4 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc2/0060
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0090

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