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Tarry a While
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X: 422
T: Tarry a While
O: a Favorite Country Dance
B: John Pringle "Collection of Reels Strathspeys & Jigs", 1801 p.42#2
Z: 2011 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Bb
V: 1
F |\
B>cB F2D | {=E}F2F ~F2d | e>fe dcB | (d3 c2).F |\
B>cB F2D | F2F FBd | f<dB ~c2d | B3- B2 :|
e |\
d2f {g}~f2d | e2g cde | {e}dcB {c}BAB | c2A {=E}F2e |\
d2f {g}~f2d | e2g cde | {e}dcB {c}BAB | (d3 c2).F |
!p!B>cB FDE | F2F ~F2d | e>fe dcB | (d3 c2).F |\
B>cB F<DF | {E}G2B e2g | f<dB ~c2f | B3- B2 |]
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |\
Bdf bfd | Bdf B2z | fac' b2B | fbd' fac' |\
B2b a2f | Bdf B2z | B2d f2F | Bdf b2 :|
z |\
B2b a2f | g2e _a2=a | b2B d2=e | fac' f2z |\
bd'f' bf'_a' | be'g' _ac'f' | bd'f' bd'f' | f2f' f2z |
B2b B2b | B2b B2z | [c'2a2][c'a] b2B | f3 F3 |\
B2b a2_a | g2d e2=e | f2d f2F | B3 B2 |]
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