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Sarah Williamson's Lament
Found in 121=Sarah_Williamsons_Lament.abc2.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 2, for ABC software that understands 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>
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
Q: "Very Slow."
K: Bb
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% 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) | Q([f4d4] qB2) zd ||"_cres"\
(~e>f)ge (~d>e)fd | ({f}ed)(cB) (G2.F2) |"_Exp.o" (~F2d2) (~F2.c2) | [B4D4-] [F2D2] :|
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% 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 | Bdfb B2b_a || g2e2 b2B2 | ABcd e2d2 | B4 f2F2 | Bdfb B2 :|
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