Where are your Gods and mighty hopes

X: 200
T: Where are your Gods and mighty hopes
T: Cia iad ar Dee s'ar duile treun
R: lament, air, strathspey
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands cres/diminuendo symbols and trailing grace notes.
% dim/cres..endo 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.93 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The 2nd strain has initial repeat but no final repeat symbol; not fixed.
N: Several bars have odd lengths in both voices; not fixed. (This is a lament/air tune.)
N: 32nd-note runs at ends of bars transcribed as normal-size notes; Fraser's grace-note run notation doesn't work well in ABC.
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Pompously Slow"
K: Am	% ending on C major
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 1 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 1 staves=2
E |\
A>B(A^G) !p!TA>=GEG | TE>^DE^G {G}A2(A>c) |\
"_cres"AGGB (Tc>B)cd | {c}e>dc>d{c}e2e>g ||\
Qf>qdQe>qc QTd>qc Q{c}He2 {dcBA}q |
"_cres"G>E {B,}D>E {^F}G2 z{EDEF}!p!x |\
"_Exp"GEDC {E}c>d {cd}He z/c/ | Qd>c {B}A(d/B/qc) :: !p!E |\
A>B {AB}c>A c>GEG | TE>^DE^G {G}A2A>c |\
"_cres"AGGB Tc>Bcd |
Te>deg {^g}a3Qz {agab}q!f! ||\
{ab}"_dim"c'>ag>e d>c Q{c}He2 {dcBA}q | "_cres"(GE){B,}DE {^F}[G2B,2] z{EDEF}x !p!|\
"_Exp"GEDC c>d {cd}He z/c/ | Qd>qc pATB {AB}{d}P[c2E2] |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |\
a2e2 !p!c2c'2 | c2B2 A2a2 | c'3g e3d | e2gG c2c'2 || b2c'2 g2Hc2 y|
c2g2 b2z2 | c'2g2 edHc2 | g2f2 [ec] :: !p!z | a2e2 c2c'2 | c2B2 A2a2 | c'3f edcB |
c2c'2 f3z!f!y || afec G2Hc2 y| [g2c2]Bc G2z2 !p!| c'2g2 edc2 | g2fg c2 |]
% = = = = = = = = = =

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc2/0081
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0120

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