X:2321
T: the Sow's tail &c.
C: the Variations by the late Mr Nisbet of Dirleton
%R: reel
B: Niel Gow & Sons "A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc." v.2 p.32 #1 (and top 28 staves of p.33)
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: What does that "Sy" over the first note mean?
N: The last strain has an initial repeat but no final repeat; not fixed. Repeat it if you like the Sow.
M: C
L: 1/16
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/Gow/CSR/2321_the_Sows_tail_etc.abc 2024-12-26 230557 UT
K: D
% A fixed layout didn't work well for this tune, so this should "work" with most formatters:
%%continueall 1
% = = = = = = = = = =
V: 1 staves=2
"^Sy"A,2 "^A"| !f!\
[FD][FD][FD][FD] [FD][FD][FD][FD] [CA,][CA,][CA,][CA,] [EA,][EA,][EA,][EA,] |\
[FD][FD][FD][FD] [FD][FD][FD][FD] [FD][FD][FD][FD] [FD][FD][FD][FD] |\
[BG][BG][BG][BG] [AF][AF][AF][AF] [EC][EC][EC][EC] [EA,][EA,][EA,][EA,] |\
(DEFG) A2E2 TF4 "_Fine"HD2 ::
!p!F2 "^B"|\
A3BA2F2 TE3FG2E2 | A3BA2F2 A2B2d2e2 | Tf4 a2F2 TE2F2G2E2 | A3BA2G2 TF4 D2 ::
f2 "^C"|\
Ta3ba2f2 e3fg2e2 | Ta3ba2f2 Td3e {g}f2ed | Tg2bg Tf2af e3f {a}g2fe | Ta3ba2g2 Tf4 d2 ::
!f!f2 "^D"|\
DAFA DAFA A,AB,ACAA,A | DAFA DAFA DAEA FADA | DBGB DAFA A,AB,ACAA,A | (DEFG) A2G2 TF4 D2 ::
!p!f2 "^E"|\
Afdf Afdf Aece Aece | Afdf Afdf Afdf Afdf | Ageg Afef (gf)ed (cd)ec | (defg) a2g2 Tf4 d2 ::
!f!FG "^F"|\
AFDF AFDF GECE GECE | AFDF AFDF AFDF AFDF | BGFG AFDF GFED CDEC | DEFG A2G2 TF4 D2 ::
!p!f2 "^G"|\
[fd][eA][fd][eA] [fd][eA][fd][eA] [ec][eA][ec][eA] [ec][eA][ec][eA] |\
[fd][eA][fd][eA] [fd][eA][fd][eA] [fd][eA][fd][eA] [fd][eA][fd][eA] |\
[ge][eA][ge][eA] [fd][eA][fd][eA] Tgfed cdec | (defg) a2g2 Tf4 d2 ::
!p!A2 "^H"|\
{cde}d3BA2F2 TE3FG2E2 | {cde}d3BA2F2 | A2B2d2e2 | Tf4 a3F TE3FG2E2 | {c}d3B A2G2 TA4 D2 ::
!p!A,2 "^I"|\
(3.D2(F2A2) (3.D2(F2A2) (3.E2(G2A2) (3.E2(G2A2) | (3D2F2A2 (3D2F2A2 (3D2F2A2 (3D2F2A2 |\
(3D2G2B2 (3D2F2A2 (3E2G2A2 (3E2G2A2 | (DEFG) A3G TF4 D2 ::
F2 "^J"|\
(AAAA) (AAFA) (EAFA) (GAEA) | (AAAA) (AAFA) [A3A3]Bd2e2 |\
(fAfA) a(AFA) (DAFA) (GAEA) | (AAAA) [A3A3]G TF4 D2 ::
f2 "^K"|\
(aAaA) (aAfA) (eAfA) (gAeA) | (aAaA) Ta3f d3f (afdf) |\
(gBbg) (fAaf) | (eAfA) (gAeA) | (aAaA) a3g Tf4 d2 ::
!f!f2 "^L"|\
(DEFG) .A(TFED) (A,B,CD) .E(TCB,A,) | (DEF).G .A(FTED) (DEF).G .A(FTED) |\
(GA).B.G (FGAD) EDCB, CE(A,C) | (DEFG) A3G TF4 D2 ::
d2 "^M"|\
"^*"z4 z3F TE3FG2E2 | z4 z3F A3Bd2f2 |\
z4 z3f TE3FG2E2 | z4 z3G TF4 D2 "^Da Capo"|] y8
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 | !f!\
[d4D4][d4D4] [a4A4]F4 | [d4D4][d4D4] [d4D4][d4D4] | [c4C4][d4D4] [a4A4]A4 | d4f2d2 d2A2"^Fine"D2 :: !p!z2 | d4f2d2 a4A4 |
f4d4 D4d4 | d2A2D4 c4A4 | d4a2A2 d2A2D2 :: z2 | z2dd'd2d'2 c'4a4 | z2DdD2d2 f2a2d'2d2 | c4d4 a4A4 |
d4f2a2 d'2a2d2 :: !f!z2 | [d4D4][d4D4] c2d2e2c2 | [d4D4][d4D4] f2g2a2f2 | g2e2f2d2 c2d2e2c2 | d4 a2A2
d2A2D2 :: z2 | d'2a2d'2a2 c'2a2c'2a2 | d'2a2d'2a2 f2d'2a2f2 | e'2a2d'2a2 c2e2a2g2 | f2d2a2A2 d2A2D2 :: z2 |
[d2D2][d2D2][d2D2][d2D2] [a2A2][a2A2][a2A2][a2A2] | [d2D2][d2D2] [f2F2][a2A2] [d'2d2][a2A2] [f2F2][d2D2] |\
[c4C4][d4D4] [A4A,4][a2A2][g2G2] | f2d2a2A2 d2A2D2 :: !p!z2 | f2a2d'2f2 |
e2a2c'2a2 | f2a2d'2a2 f2a2f2d2 | e2c2d2D2 c2e2a2g2 | f2d2a2A2 d2A2D2 :: z2 | dafa dafa caea caea |
dafa dafa faga faea | dafa dafa Aaea Aaea | dafa Aaea | DdAd D2 :: !p!z2 | d4d4 c4A4 |
d4d4 f4d4 | e2c2d2D2 c4A4 | f2d2a2A2 d2A2D2 :: z2 | f4d4 c2d2 e2c2 | f4d4 f2g2f2e2 |
D2d2D2d2 c2d2e2c2 | f2d2a2A2 d2A2D2 :: z2 | d2d'2d2d'2 c'2d'2e'2c'2 | f2d'2f2d'2 f2a2d2f2 | e2c2d2D2
c2d2e2c2 | f2d2f2e2 d2A2D2 :: !f!z2 |\
[d2D2][d2D2][d2D2][d2D2] A2A2A2A2 | [d2D2][d2D2][d2D2][d2D2] [d2D2][d2D2][d2D2][d2D2] | e2c2d2D2 c2e2a3g |
f2d2a2A2 d2A2D2 :: z2 "^*"| z4z4 [a8A8] | z4z4 [d8D8] | z4z4 [a8A8] | z4z4 d2A2D2 "^Da Capo"|] y8
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%% * N.B. (In the last Strain) The time of the Rests the Bow of the Violin to be drawn behind the Bridge in Imitation of a Sow.
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