I can't conceal that I prefer you.

X: 206
T: I can't conceal that I prefer you.
T: Ho cha cheillin nach du bear leam.
R: jig
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands voice overlays and tremolo notation or cres/diminuendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" p.95 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
% dim/cres..endo symbols:
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: "Moderate"
K: Bb
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 12-bar lines.
V: 1 staves=2
B |\
!p!G<Bz c<Fz | {Bc}d2B c<Fz | "_cres"G<Bz c<Fz | {Bc}d2B TG2F ||\
!p!G<Bz c<Fz | {Bc}d2B c<Fz | pG<PBz pG<Pcz | Q{A}B2G qF2 :| B |\
!p!G<Bz f2B | {c}d2B f2F | "_cres"G<Bz f2c | {Bc}d2B TG2F ||
!p!G<Bz f2B | {Bc}d2B c<Fz | pG<PBz pG<Pcz | QB2G qF2!p!e |]|\
d2e [f2d2][ge] | [g2e2][fd] [f2d2][eG] | !f!d2e f2^f | g2B G2g ||\
!p!{g}f2e d2c | B2c {Bc}d2B | p(Tc>Bc) Pd3 | QTB2G qF2 |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |\
!p!B2z F2z | [B3d3f3] [A3c3f3] | "_cres"B2z A2z | [B3d3f3] [B2e2g2]z ||\
!p!B2z A2z | [B3d3f3] [A2c2f2]z | B2z E2z | G2e [B2d2] :| z |\
!p!B2z [B3d3f3] | [B3d3f3] [B3f3b3] | "_cres"[B2e2]z [A2f2]z |
b2d e2z || !p!B2z [B3d3f3] | [B3d3f3] [A2c2f2]z | B2z E2z | B2e [B2d2]!p!c |]|\
B2c d2e | e2d d2c | !f!B2c d2z | e3 E3 || !p!d2g f2e | d2c B2z | f3 b3 | g2e [d2B2] & B3 x2 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc2/0087
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0131

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