Cease not to row, brave Boys

X: 197
T: Cease not to row, brave Boys
R: jig
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.92 #1
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: "Moderate"
K: C	% ending on Am
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 3 8-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
E |:\
CEE TE2G | (EG).F EDC | "_cres"CE.E TE2c | TB>A^G A2c ||\
!p!CE.E TE2G | (EG)F EDC | "_cres"CEE EcHe | {f}dcB A2c :||:
c>eg ceg | (c/B/c/d/)e/f/ gec | cec' (a/g/)f/e/d/c/ | de.g ~a2c' ||\
c>eg ceg | (Tc/B/c/d/e/f/) gec | (f/e/)d/c/B/A/ {A}GF/E/D/C/ | DEG A2e ||
c>eg ceg | (Tc/B/c/d/)e/f/ gec | cec' (a/g/)f/e/d/c/ | deg ~a2c' ||\
"_Exp."ceg (e<c)e | (d<B)d c>d{cd}He | !pp!(CE)"_retard"E (EA)c | TB>A^G A2c |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |:\
C2c C2c | C2B cde | c2c C2c | d2e A3 || C2c C2c | C2B cde |
c2c C2Hc | d2e a3 :||: c2c' c2c' | c2c' c2c' | c2c' f2a | g2e f3 ||
c2c' c2c' | c2c' c2c' | d2f- f2a | g2e f2z || c2c' c2c' | c2c' c2c' |
c2c' f2a | g2e f3 || c2c' ceg | g2^g abc' | c2c' c2c' | e2E A3 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc1/0078
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc2/0078
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0080
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0114

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