The Emigrants Adieu.

X: 226
T: The Emigrants Adieu.
T: Ho cha neil mulad oirn.
R: air, strathspey
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands diminuendo symbols.
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" p.102 #226
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Tender"
K: Eb
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 6-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
G |\
!p!B,<E(E>G) (FG) {B,}C2 | "_cres"B,>C~E>G BG {G}e2 |\
"_dim"(cd/e/) B>G TF>E {B,}Cz/c/ | Q{c}B>qA Q{A}TG>qF QGEqE :| F |\
!pp!({EF}G>F)(E>F) (DE) {B,}C2 | "^cres"B,>CE>G B<G {G}e2 |
"_dim"(cd/e/) TB>A G>F Ez/c/ | Q{c}B>qA Q{A}G>qF QG>EqEz/F/ ||\
!pp!{EF}G>F(E>F) (DE) {B,}C2 | "_cres"B,>CE>G B<G {G}e2 |\
"_Exp"Hg>fe>G (FG){B,}Cz/c/ | QB>qAQTG>qF  QG[EG,]q[EG,] |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z | !p!E2e2 A2a2 | G2g2 E2e2 | a2g2 aga2 | gabB e2E :| z |
!pp!e2g2 b2a2 | g2e2 E2e2 | a2g2 b2[a2c'2] | gabB e2Ez ||
!pp!e2g2 b2a2 | ga ge E2e2 | HE2G2 A2az/a/ | gabB e2E |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0163

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