Tired after an Expidition

X: 189
T: Tired after an Expidition
T: Gur trom 'n deigh mo thurais mi
R: air
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.88 #1
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/16
Q: "Solemnly Slow."
K: Em
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 3 2-staff lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
B,2 |\
{EF}G4 !p!TF3E D2B,2B,2zB | "_> . ."{EF}G3E "_> . . ."{^D}F3^D [E6G,6] (TE/~D/E/F/) |\
"_cres"G3B "_> . . ."(3(ABG) "_> . . ."(3(FGE) D2B,2B,2D2 | "_> . . ."(TB,3^A,B,2)^D2 [E4G,4] E2B,2 ||\
!p!{EF}G4 TF3E D2B,2B,2zB |
"_> . ."{EF}G3E "_> . . ."{^D}F3^D [E6G,6] (TE/~D/E/F/) |\
"_cres"G3B "_> . . ."(3(ABG) "_> . . ."(3(FGE) D2B,2B,2D2 | "_> . . ."(TB,3^A,B,2)^D2 [E4G,4] E2 |]| TB2 |\
!p!e2B2TB2(ef/g/) f2B2 TB2^d2 | "_cres"e2B2 TB2(ef/g/) [f6^d6] a2 |\
!pp!g3b .a.g(fe) =d2(G2F2)B2 |
"_> . . ."(TB,3^A,B,2)^D2 [E6G,6] TB2 ||\
!p!e2B2 TB2(ef/g/) "_cres"f2B2 TB2^d2 | "_< . . ."e3fg2a2 Hg2 {bag}H[f2^d2] (Tg/f/g/a/) |\
"_Exp"b3B ("_>"cB)("_>"AG) ("_>"AG)("_>"FE) HB2 ("_> . ."A/G/F/E/) | "_> . . ."(TB,3^A,B,2^D2) [E6G,6] |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 |\
e4 B4 G4 E4 | e4 B4 c4 z4 | B4 d2c2 B4 G4 | g4 f4 e4 e4 ||
e4 B4 G4 E4 | e4 B4 c4 z4 | B4 d2c2 B4 G4 | g4 f4 e4 e2 |]| z2 |
E4e4 ^d4B4 | E4e4 B4b4 | e4f4 g4a2z2 | g4f4 e6 z2 ||
E4e4 ^d4b4 | g'2f'2 e'4 "^   retard"Hb2 HB2 z2 | e4 a3g f3e H^d2 ef | g4f4 e6 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc1/0070
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0072
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0103

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