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Sarah Williamson's Lament
Found in 121-Sarah_Williamsons_Lament.abc1.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 121 T: Sarah Williamson's Lament O: Very Old. R: air, lament, strathspey N: This is version 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand diminuendo symbols. B: William Christie's "A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes, &c." 1820 p.12 #1 S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/120545033 Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: 2/4 L: 1/16 Q: "Very Slow." K: Bb % = = = = = = = = = = % Voice 1 reformatted for _ _-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading. V: 1 staves=2 "_Con Lamento."(Bc) |!p!\ .[d2B2].[d2B2]~[d2B2] (c>d) | (f<d)(Tc>B) (G2.F2) |"_cres" [d2B2][d2B2] [d2B2](~c>d) | (B3c/.d/) F2(Bc) ||\ [d2B2][d2B2] ~[d2B2](c>d) | (f<d)(Tc>B) (G2.F2) |"_Exp.o" (~F2.d2) (~F2.c2) | [B4D4-] [F2D2] :| |: (~d>e) |!f!\ [f2d2][f2d2] [f2d2](~d>e) | (fd)(Tc>B) (G2.F2) | [f2d2][f2d2] [f2d2](~d>e) | "_dim . . ."([f4d4] B2) zd ||"_cres"\ (~e>f)ge (~d>e)fd | ({f}ed)(cB) (G2.F2) |"_Exp.o" (~F2d2) (~F2.c2) | [B4D4-] [F2D2] :| % = = = = = = = = = = % Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book. V: 2 clef=bass middle=d z2 |\ B2b2 B2f2 | B2c>d e2d2 | B2b2 B2f2 | d2B2 fedc || B2b2 B2f2 | B2c>d e2d2 | B4 f2F2 | Bdfb B2 :||: z2 | !f!b2B2 b2B2 | bBcd e2d2 | B2b2 B2b2 | "_dim . . ."Bdfb B2b_a ||"_cres" g2e2 b2B2 | ABcd e2d2 | B4 f2F2 | Bdfb B2 :| % = = = = = = = = = =
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