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Black Haird Nymph do not forsake me.
Found in AMHSI_abc2.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 2, for ABC software that understands 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.
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
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 pB3(A/B/c/d/e/f/ Pg3)e | Qd3qB Qc3qA QB4 qE2 (E/~D/E/F/ |\
"^cres"G3)EG3A B3(pA/B/c/d/e/f/ HPg3)d | QBqG3 Q{FG}A3qG Q(TF4 q{EF}[E2G,2] :|
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(e>f) |!p!\
p{f}g3Pa pf3Pg e3^dB3f | Q{f}g3qe Q{g}f3q^d Qe4 qB2 (g/f/g/a/ |!f!\
b3)ag3f ("_retard"e3gfa) Hg3e | Q{e}d3qBQ{d}c3qA QB4 qE2 (E/~^D/E/F/ ||
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!p!G3)E G3A pB3(A/B/c/d/e/f/ Pg3)e | Qd3qB Q{B}c3qA QB4 qE2 (E/~^D/E/F/ |\
"_cres"G3)EG3A B3(pA/B/c/d/e/f/ HPg2)d | QBqG3 QA3qG QTF4 q[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]x | g4 a4 b4 g2 |]
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