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Waes my Heart that we should sunder
Found in SSEIFA_v5.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 5161
T: Waes my Heart that we should sunder
N: The tune title ends with "sunde", but the index has the final 'r'.
R: air, march, reel
B: G. Goulding "A Selection of Scotch, English, Irish & Foreign Airs" Vol.5 1797
B: O'Neill collection "Rare Small M5", 1842 V.5 p.60 #2
S: https://curate.nd.edu/show/5999n299v8t
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The 2nd strain has initial repeat but no final repeat symbol; not fixed.
N: Flag added to initial d note, to fix the rhythm of the repeat.
N: The final bar has an odd rhythm and too many notes for a repeat.
N: Several other old tune collections have this tune, all with different final bars.
M: C
L: 1/8
K: D
% = = = = = = = = = =
d |\
AFAB A2Ad | BABd B2AB | d2de faef | dcde f2{g}aA || F2EF A2Ae |
B2AG Hg3 b | a3f gfed | B3A B2d :: d | gfga b2ag | fefg a2gf | edef afef |
d2de f2HaA || F2EF A2Ad | B2AG Hg3b | a>bag gfed |{c}B3A2 G d2 |]
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