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Black Haird Nymph do not forsake me.
Found in AMHSI_abc1.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 142
T: Black Haird Nymph do not forsake me.
T: Mo Nighean dhudh na treig mi.
R: air
N: This is version 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand cres/diminuendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.67 #2
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Some bars have odd lengths (not 4 quarter notes); fixed by adding x rests in the bass line.
M: C
L: 1/16
Q: "Slow Plaintive & Expressivo"
K: Em
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 3 4-bar lines.
V: 1 staves=2
(E/~^D/E/F/ |!p!\
G3)E G3A "^<........"B3(A/B/c/d/e/f/ g3)e | "_>.."d3B "_>.."c3A "_>.."B4 E2 (E/~D/E/F/ |\
"^cres"G3)EG3A B3("_<......."A/B/c/d/e/f/ Hg3)d | "_>.."BG3 "_>.."{FG}A3G "_>.."(TF4 {EF}[E2G,2] :|
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(e>f) |!p!\
"_<.."{f}g3a "_<.."f3g e3^dB3f | "_>.."{f}g3e "_>.."{g}f3^d "_>.."e4 B2 (g/f/g/a/ |!f!\
b3)ag3f ("_retard"e3gfa) Hg3e | "_>.."{e}d3B"_>.."{d}c3A "_>.."B4 E2 (E/~^D/E/F/ ||
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!p!G3)E G3A "_<........"B3(A/B/c/d/e/f/ g3)e | "_>.."d3B "_>.."{B}c3A "_>.."B4 E2 (E/~^D/E/F/ |\
"_cres"G3)EG3A B3("_<......"A/B/c/d/e/f/ Hg3)d | "_>.."BG3 "_>.."A3G "_>.."TF4 [E2G,2] |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 |!p! e4 z4 [g4e4]x2 z4 | g4 a4 b2B2 e4 |"_cres" e4 z4 H[b8g8]x2 | g4 a4 b4 e2 :|
z2 |!p! "_cres"e4 ^d4 B4 d4 | e4 f4 g4 z4 |!f! g3a b4 "_retard"c'4x2 Hb4 | g4 a4 b2B2 e2z2 || e4 z4
[b4e4]x2 z4 | g4 a4 b2B2 e2z2 | "_cres"e4 z4 H[b8g8]x2 | g4 a4 b4 g2 |]
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