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