The Stolen Breeks.

X: 147
T: The Stolen Breeks.
T: Brigus mhic Ruaridh.
R: air, jig
N: This is version 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand cresc/diminuendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.69 #2
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: "Moderately Slow."
K: Eb	% ending on Cm
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 8-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
D |!p!\
[E2G,2]F G3 |"_cres"B<G=B c3 | "_dim"_B(GE) (TG>^F)G | "dim."E2TD {CD}C2 z/D/ ||\
!p![E2G,2]F G3 |"_cres" B<G=B c3 | "cresc."Gce "cresc."{e}d>c=B | "cresc."c2C C2 ::
!p!G | c>dc B=AG | (c/d/)(e/d/c/d/) B=AG |"_cres"c>de dc=B | c2G G2 z/!f!e/ ||\
{e}"_dim"d>cB c>BA | {A}G>FE B<GB | c>BA (GA)F | "dim."E2TD {CD} C2 :|
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z | egb egb | e2z eac' | e2E e2E | g2G c2z || egb egb |
e2z eac' | e2c fgG | ceg c2 :: z | c2e d2e | e2f g2z | edc fgG |
ceg c2z || bag agf | edc deg | agf e2f | g2G c2 :|
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0028
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0035

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