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The Bowery

Found in PCD2.abc from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
The Bowery - staff notation
X: 1041
T: The Bowery
%R: jig
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands most ABC 2.* features.
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: Skillern & Challoner "A Favorite Collection of Popular Country Dances", London 1810, No. 10 p.4 #1
F: https://archive.org/search.php?query=Country%20Dances
F: https://archive.org/details/SkillernChallonerCountryDances5
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: C
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
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V: 1 staves=2
[|\
!f!g2g  (gc').e | (Qg2qf) f2d | efg gfe | d2g G2z |\
{^f}g2g (gc').e | (Qg2qf) f2d | e2f [d2B2]e | c3 c2z |]
d2d {f}ede | f2d d2f | edc {d}cBc | ([ec][dB]).[dB] [d2B2]z |\
d2d {f}ede | f2d d2f | ec'b ac'^f | "_dim. . ."({a}g^fg Qbaqg) |
g2g (gc').e | (Qg2qf) f2d | efg gfe | d2g G2z |\
{^f}g2g (gc').e | (Qg2qf) f2d | e2f d2e | cge c2z |]
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V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
[|\
ceg c'3  | Q[c'3a3d3] q[b3g3] | [c'3c3] (edc | g^fg =fed |\
ceg c'3) | Q[c'3a3d3] q[b3g3] | [c'3c3] !f!([f'3d'3g3] | [e'3c'3]) [c'2c2]z |]
(Bg).g (cg).g | (dg).g (Bg).g | (cg).g (A^f).f | (Gg).g (Gg).g |\
(Bg).g (cg).g | (dg).g (Bg).g | c[ae][ae] [dc'a][c'a][c'a] | (b6 & (g3 f3 |
e))gc' egc' | dac' gbd' | c'e'g' c'e'g' | (gbd' f'e'd' |[K:clef=treble]\
C)EG CEG | B,DG B,DG | CEG B,FG | CEG C2z |]
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