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The Recollection of that day

Found in AMHSI_abc2.abc from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
The Recollection of that day - staff notation
X: 198
T: The Recollection of that day
T: O chiadain an Io
R: air
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands cres/diminuendo symbols and trailing grace notes.
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.92 # 2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The 2nd strain has initial repeat, but no final repeat symbol; not fixed.
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q: "Slow"
K: C
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 9,10-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
|:\
!p!e2 ([g4e4] | a)c/B/ [c4E4] | "_cres"{cd}e4 d>e | {e}gc/A/ A4 |\
!f!{ed}"_dim"c2 [c4E4] | {cd}e>G G3 E | [EC]>[DB,] [D4B,4] |\
{e}g>e [c3E3] Q(A/qG/) | (A>G) G3 Q(E/qG/) | QTD2 {CD} qC4 ::
!p! G4 (A>G) | A>c [c4E4] |!f! {cd}"_dim"e3 d (c/B/)(A/G/) | pA>c P[c4E4] |\
!f!{cd}"_dim"e3 d (e/d/)(A/G/) | p(A>c) P[c4E4] |\
!pp!e2 QHg4 q| !f!a>"_dim"c QTd4{cd}| q[c4E4] |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
|:\
c2 e2 g2 | f2 e2 c2 | c2 e2 g2 | c'2 f4 | [c2c'2] [c2c'2] [c2c'2] | c2 e2 c2 | g2 G4 |
z2 c2 e2 | f2 e4 | g2 c4 :: c2 c'2 c2 | [f2c'2] c2 c'2 | c2 d2 e2 |
 f2 e2 c2 | g2 f2 e2 | f2 e2 c2 | [C2c2] H[c4c'4] | f2 g2 G2 | c4 |]
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