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Sitting in the Stern of a Boat
Found in AMHSI-abc2.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 161
T: Sitting in the Stern of a Boat
T: Mi m'shuidh n'deireadh Bata
R: strathspey
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands cresc/diminuento symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.76 #1
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: 2nd strain has initial repeat but no final repeat symbols; fixed by adding final repeat symbol.
% dim/cres..endo symbols:
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Slow & Soft."
K: G
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 8-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
(D/E/F) |!p!\
G>AGF [E2C2] (DG) | B>c {Bc}d>B {B}A2 (GE) | "_cres"[DB,]>EG>A B2 (g/e/d/c/) | QB2 {c}TA2 {GA}q[G2B,2] (D/E/F) ||!p!\
G>AGF [E2C2] (DG) | B>c {Bc}d>B {B}A2 GE | "_cres"[DB,]>EG>A B2 (g/e/d/c/) | QB2 {c}T(A2 {GA}) q[G2D2B,2] :|
|: g |!p!\
Te>^def [g3B3]b | (Ta>ga)b {g}e2dB |!p! d(e/f/) g>a g>a (g/a/g/f/) | p(Te^de)f {f}Pe3p{f}Pg ||\
Te>(dBd) g2pBPb | g>Q(edqB) {B}QA2(GqE) | p[DB,]>EG>A PB2 (Qg/qe/)(Qd/qc/) | QB>c TA2{GA}q[G2D2B,2] :|
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 |\
G2B2 c2BG | GAB2 d2c2 | BcBA Ggbc' | d'2d2 [g2G2]z2 || G2B2 c2BG |
GAB2 d2c2 | BcBA Ggbc' | d'2d2 [g2G2] :||: z |!p! c'2c2 b2g2 | a2b2 e2fg | f2e2 e2ga |
b2B2 e2z2 || c'2g2 G2g2 | b3^c' d'2z2 | B3A Ggbc' | d'2d2 [g2G2] :|
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