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The Boniest Wife this side of Lord Reays Country.
Found in AMHSI_abc1.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 177
T: The Boniest Wife this side of Lord Reays Country.
T: San agam tha bheanag a' s'maisich suile.
T: A Chunna' me n' toabhsa' thallamh' mhic-aoidh.
R: air, jig
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.82 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: "Moderate."
K: D
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 12-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
FC |!p!\
(D/E/F)F (TF>EF) | (TF>EF) d2f | edc {Bc}d2B | AFE E2F || "_cres."(D/E/F)F (TF>EF) | (TF>EF) d2f |\
"_> . ."edc "_> . . ."{Bc}d2B | AFF F2 :| a |\
!p! {fa}b2f afd | {fa}b2f afd | c.[eA].[eA] [e2A2]f | c[eA][eA] [e2A2]a ||
"_cres."{fa}b2f afd ||\
{fa}b2f afd | "_> . ."edc "_> . . ."{Bc}d2B | AFF F2a ||!p! {fa}b2f afd | fdb afd |"_cres."fdB AGF | ABc dfg ||\
!f!a>gf edc | dcB AGF | "_< . ."ABc "_> . ."def | AFF [F2D2] |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 |!p!\
D2d D2d | D2d D2d | g2a f2g | a2A A2z || D2d D2d | D2d D2d |
c2a B2g | d2d' d2 :| z |!p! d2d' d2d' | d2d' d2d' | A2a A2a | A2a A2a || d2d' d2d' |
d2d' d2d' | g2a b2g | d2d' d2z || d2d' d2d' | d2d' d2d' | d2g f2d | a^g=g f2e ||
!f!d3 g3 | b2c' d'2d | d'2g f2d | d'2d [d2a2] |]
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