Marion the Knabs Daughter

X: 209
T: Marion the Knabs Daughter
%T: Marion the Gaberlunzie Man's Daughter
T: Mor nian a Ghibarlan
R: air, strathspey
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands dim/crescendo symbols (and grace-note lengths).
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" p.96 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Slow & Tender"
K: F	% and Gdor and Bb
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 8-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
|:\
!p!G2GB {B}d2cA | {B}A2F>G AFD2 |\
"_cres"[F2A,2](FG) {F}A2GF | {B,}D2F>G (FD)C2 ||\
!p![FA,]<ATG>F [F2A,2]p(ePf) | "_cres"~d2df d>c{B}[A2F2] |\
!p!Tc>BAf {e}d2cA | QG2F>G {FG}A>GqG2 :|
|:\
!p!d>cB>c d2p(ePf) | {A}G2F>G AF{B,}D2 |\
"_dim"{B}A>GF>G {F}A2p(=BPc) | "_cres"{_B,}D2F>G F>DC2 ||\
!p![FA,]<ATG>F[F2A,2]p(ePf) | "_cres"~d2df d>c{B}[A2F2] |\
!p!c>"_Exp"B (A{B/c/de}f/)>e/ {e}d2cA | QG2[FA,]>G {FG}A>GqG2 |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
|:\
z4 d2c2 | B2AG F2B2 | d2cB A2BA | B2AG F2f2 || !p!F2c2 d2c2 |
B2b2 f2F2 | !p!f2a2 b2af | c'2a2 f2c2 :||: B2b2 B2b2 | B2AG F2B2 | F2f2 F2z2 |
B2AG F2f2 || f2c2 d2c2 | B2b2 B2f2 | f2a2 b2af | c2F2 f2c2 |]
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
% = = = = = = = = = =

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc2/0090
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0137

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