X: 1
T: Piet-My-Vrou
T: Red-chested cuckoo
C: Wouter Joubert
S: Wouter on the strathspey list 2022-12-1
P: For Jan and Christelle who got engaged on 19 November 2022
N: Jan is Wouter's son.
R: march
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 2/2
L: 1/4
K: Gm
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V: 1 staves=2
D |\
"Gm"GD GA | BA GA | "Gm/Bb"GB "D7"Bc | "Gm"d2 "D7/A"d2 |\
"G"gd gf | "Cm"ed c^c | "D7"de d^c | d2 d2 |
"D7".c.B A2 | "Gm".B.A G2 | "A7"AG ^FE | "D"D2 D2 |\
"Gm"GD "D7"GA | "Gm"GB "D7"Bc | "Gm"de "D7"d^f | "Gm"g2 g2 |]
[|\
"Gm".B.A G2 | .B.A G2 | BG Bc | d2 d2 |\
"Gm".B.A G2 | .B.A G2 | "D"DC B,A, | "Gm"G,2 G,2 |
"Gm".B.A G2 | .B.A G2 | BG Bc | d2 d2 |\
"G"gd gf | "Cm"ed c^c | "D7"de d^F | "Gm"G2- G |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |\
[g4d4G4] | [d'4b4g4] | [g2B2] [c'2^f2d2] | [d'2b2g2] [d'2c'2a2] |\
Gd g=B | cg c'e | da c'a | da c'a |
da c'^f | Gd gB | A=e g^c | da c'^f |\
[dG][gB] [ad][c'^f] | [d'g]b [ad][c'^f2] | [dG][gB] [ad][c'^f] | [d'g4]c' ba |]
[|\
[d'g4]c' ba | [d'g4]c' ba | [gd'4]a ba | [gd'4]a ba |\
[d'g4]c' ba | [d'g3]c' bz | d2 D2 | [dG4]c BA |
[dG4]c BA | [dG4]c BA | [Gd4]A BA | [Gd4]A BA |\
Gd g=B | cg c'e | da c'2 | [d'g3]c' b |]
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%% Wouter wrote: Springtime in the southern hemisphere and on Saturday my son got engaged :-)
%% By now you might know that I react to happenings around me with music and
%% as I sat down in front of the piano, a Piet-My-Vrou (or Red-chested cuckoo)
%% was repeatedly calling in the tree just outside the room. Its merry call
%% became the core around which I composed a tune in honour of the engaged
%% couple.
%% 
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