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Beauty charming fair and young.
Found in AMHSI_abc2.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 170
T: Beauty charming fair and young.
T: Ribhinn aluim, aoibhinn og.
C: _
R: air
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands cresc/diminuendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.79 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Slow."
K: Bm
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 8-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
[|!p!\
{F}d2 (cd) (fe).d.c | f2B2 {B}^A2 QGqF | E2pE2 F2P^A2 | pB2(B^A) P[B4D4] ||\
"_cres"{F}d2(cd) fedc | f2B2 {B}H^A2 Q(GqF) | E2pE2 F2P^A2 | pB2B^A P[B4D4] |]
[|!p!\
{F}d2.d.d p{c}e2.eP.e | p{d}f2fP^e Qf2qF2 | "_dim."(Fd)(cd) (fe).d.c | f2B2 {B}^A2(^GF) ||\
!f! f>edf e>dce | f2B2 {B}H^A2 Q(GqF) | E2pE2 F2P^A2 | pB2B^A P[B4D4] |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the 3-staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
[|!p!b2f2 dcB^A | B2g2 f2ed | e2c2 f2F2 | b2f2 B4 || b2^ab d'c'b^a |
bc'd'e' Hf'2 ed | e2c2 f2F2 | b2f2 B4 |] [|!p! D2d2 A2a2 | d2d'2 d2d'2 | d3f a3A |
d2e2 f2ed ||!f! B2b2 f2^a2 | bc'd'e' Hf'2 ed | e2c2 f2F2 | b2f2 B4 |]
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