Jack Campin wrote:

> BTW :|] is illegal ABC, though some applications accept it.  :| is
> what you need there.

I didn't know that. Is |] OK, and if it's not, what do you put at the
end of a tune?

> And you have four times as much music as words; is there a lot of
> repetition?

Séisd:
Bodachan ar-i-ar-o
Ar-i-ar-o-ar-i-ar-o
Bodachan ar-i-ar-o
Bidh e ruith nan caorach.

Bodachan a' chinn duibh
A' chinn duibh, a' chinn duibh,
Bodachan a' chinn duibh
Bidh e anns an aonach.

Bodachan le pinnt air,
Le pinnt air, le pinnt air,
Bodachan le pinnt air,
Bidh e leis an daoraich.

Cāirich an leabaidh dha,
Leabaidh dha, leabaidh dha,
Cāirich an leabaidh dha,
Tha e nis fo'n aodach.

Propoer tune:

X:677
T:Bodachan ar-i-ar-o
S:Eilean Fraoich, 1982
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
FA AA BA AA |  FF FF FF E2 | FF AA BA AA | FFEE E2 D2 :|
FFAA  d2 dd | =c2 cc d2 d2 | FFAA  d2 dd | FFFD E2 D2 :|]

-- 
Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland
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