Dearborn's Letter Notation

Bridgewater. L.M.

Lewis Edson, 1782


:3: G § 1 2 | g c c | b g c d | e c b a | d c b a  | g 2 | 1     2 |
:2: G         1 4     2   4     2.4       2   4      1

                g g   g g a     g g a a   a g   a    g
:3: G † 1 2 | e g g | g g a f | g g a a | a g f'af'| g 2 |   2 2 e | 
:2: G         1 4     2   4     2.4       2   4 8    1         2

Great God attend while Zion sings 
                   The joy that from thy presence springs:

:3: G ‡ 1 2 | c e c | d d c b | c e d c | f e d'ce'| d 2 |   2 2 c |
:2: G         1 4     2   4     2.4       2   4 8    1         2

              1 4               2.4     
:3: G * 1 2 | c c f | g g a g | c c g a | f c d c  | g g | c c c a | 
:2: G                 2   4               2   4      1 2   4   2
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   2 2 c | e e e c |'dc'ba'g g |'c de'c'd c| b'g c   b   |'c || c'|| ¤
       2   4   2     8     2     4.84   4.8  4   2         1    2

 a a a a   g g g g   g g g           g g g   g a     g 
 a a a a | g g g g | g g g c | f f f g g g | g a'e f'g f'|'c || c'|| ¤
 4   2     4   2     4   2     4                           1    2

 To spend one day with thee on earth,
                        Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.

 e e e e | c c c g | d d d e | c c c e d d | d c'f e'd   |'c || c'|| ¤
 4   2     4   2     4   2     4                     2      1    2

       2   4   2           2   2.    4           2         1    2
 a a a c | c c c c | g g g c | f     c'g   | g'c f   g   |'c || c'|| ¤
 4   2               4   2             2     4       2
A Scheme for Reducing the Science of Music to a More Simple State, 1785