A Rowing time piece.

X: 152
T: A Rowing time piece.
T: Iorram iomruigh.
R: air, jig
N: This is version 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand diminuendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.71 #3
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The 2nd strain has initial repeat but no final repeat symbol; not fixed.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: "Moderate."
K: D
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V: 1 staves=2
A |:\
F2F TF2A | "_>.."G2F "_>.."TE2D | "_cres"DFA d2e | "_>.."Tf2e "_>.."{c}d2F ||!f!\
ABc d2e | fdf {f}e2c | d>cB "_>.."A2G | {F}d2F "_>.."TE2D ::
!p!ADE TD2C | [F2D2][FD] ABc |"_cres" d>cB TA2G | [F2A,2][FA,] ABc ||"_Exp."\
d>ef TD2C | [F2D2][FD] ABc | HdcB "_>.."AGF | FdF "_>.."{F}TE2D |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |:\
D3 d3 | D3 d3 |"_cres" f3 f2e | d3 d'3 ||!f! f2e d3 | d'3 c'2a | b2g f2e | d3 [g2d3]f ::
d2z f2e | d2z f2e |"_cres"d3 d'3 | d3 d'3 |"_Exp."d3 f2g | f2a d'2c' | Hb2g f2d | a2A d3 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0034
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0044

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