The Hawthorn Tree of Cawdor.*

X: 135
T: The Hawthorn Tree of Cawdor.*
T: Friomh is Croagh Tigh Challadair.*
R: air, strathspey
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.64 #2
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The 2nd strain has initial repeat but no final repeat symbol; not fixed.
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Either very slow or as a lively Strathspey."
K: C	% ending on Am
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% Voice 1 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 1 staves=2
e |\
{AB}c>B (TA>G)  (A/B/c) {C}E>F | G>ATG>E {^F}G2 G>B |\
{AB}c>B TA>G A<c {C}E2 | {B,}D<D E>~G A2 Ae ||\
{AB}c>B TA>G A<c {C}TE2 |
E<GTG>E {^F}G2 G>B |\
{AB}c>B TA>G A<c {C}TE2 | {B,}D<D E>~G A2-A :: G/F/ |\
Ec .[cE].[cE] c2 .c.c | [BG]>c dd d2 d<f |
e>dc>B {B}c>BTA>G | A<c {Bc}d>B c2 c (A//G//F//E//) ||\
E<c T[c2E2] E<c T[c2E2] | A<(dTd>^c) d2 de |\
c>de<a ^g<a {f}e>d | c>AB>^G  A2-A |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z | c2c2 A2c2 | e2c2 G2g2 | A2B2 c2c2 | B2c2 A2z2 || c2c2 A2c2 |
e2d2 B2G2 | c2c'2 e2c2 | B2c2 A2-A :: z | c2e2 e2z2 | G2g2 G2z2 | c'bag agfe |
f2g2 c'2z2 || c2c'2 c2c'2 | F2f2 F2f2 | edc2 B2A2 | e2E2 A2-A |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc2/0013
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0015
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0019

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