For those who have yet to see the full beauty of ABC. The following can be viewed by cutting and pasting into: Mandolintab ABC converter This was done in 2011 for our church choir, where our copies were previously on A5 folded to A6. This made it much easier to read.

Cheers
Nigel

X: 1
T: Adam lay ybounden
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
C: Boris Ord (1897-1961)
N: Words anonymous (15th century)
Z: NP 31/10/2011
K: D
V: 1
!mp!B>B A/2 B/2 | F F2 | B>d c/2B/2 | F3 | dcd | BB2 | A/2A/2 B ^G | F3 |!p! F2 F/2B/2 | A A>A | d>d A/2B/2 | A2 z | AAB | (A/2G/2) G2 | F/2F/2 G B | F3 |!mf! d d/2d/2 c/2d/2 | A/2A/2 A>A | d>f e/2d/2 | B3 | e/2e/2 d/2d/2 e | A A>!crescendo(!B | c d/2 e/2 f | e3!crescendo)!|!f! d d c/2B/2 | A2 A | f>f e/2 d/2 | e3 | e>e f/2d/2 | e e e/2f/2 | (g>f d/2e/2 | f>e c/2)d/2 | e f d | (B>A B/2d/2 | c)(>BA) | B3 ||
w: A-dam lay y-bound-en bound-en in a bond; Four thou-sand win-ter thought he not too long. All for an ap-ple, an ap-ple that he took, as clerk-es find-*en writ-ten in their book. Ne had the ap-ple tak-en been, the ap-ple tak-en been, Ne had nev-er our la-dy A been hea-ven-e queen. Bless-ed be the time that ap-ple tak-en was, There-fore we moun sing-en, De-o gra_____-ci-as! De-o gra___-ci-|as!
V:2
!mp!F F E/2D/2 | C C2 | D F E/2D/2 | (D C2) | F (F/2E/2) A | A2 G | F/2F/2 F (E/2D/2) | C3 | !p! D2 C/2B,/2 |C C>F | G>F E/2D/2 | C2 z | F (F/2E/2) F | E D2 | D/2D/2 D E | C3 | !mf!F F/2G/2 A/2F/2 | E/2E/2 E F | F F G/2A/2 | (A G2) | G/2G/2 F/2F/2 E | D F !crescendo(!F | A A/2A/2 F | A3!crescendo)! | !f!d d c/2B/2 | A2 A | A A A/2^G/2 | A3 | ^G A A/2F/2 | A A =G/2A/2 | (B>A F/2)G/2 | A2 A/2F/2 | (B A) A | A G>G | G2 F | ^D3 ||
w: A-dam lay y-bound-en bound-en in a bond;| Four thou- *sand win-ter thought he not too| long. All for an ap-ple, an ap-ple that he took, as clerk-*es find-en writ-ten in their book. Ne had the ap-ple tak-en been, the ap-ple tak-en been,| Ne had nev-er our la-dy A been hea-ven-e queen. Bless-ed be the time that ap-ple tak-en was, There-fore we moun sing-en, De-o gra_-ci-as! De-o gra-*ci-as! De-o gra-ci-as!
V:3 clef=treble-8 octave=-1
!mp!d d c/2 B/2 | B ^A2 | B F G/2G/2 | (B ^A2) | =A A d | d2 e | c/2c/2 d B | (B ^A)>!f!F | B>B A/2B/2 | F F>F | B>d c/2 B/2 | F2 z | d c d | B B2 | A/2A/2 B G | F3 | !mf!A d/2d/2 A/2A/2 | d/2d/2 c c | B B B/2A/2 | d3 | B/2B/2 d/2c/2 (B/2c/2)| d c !crescendo(!d | e d (A/2B/2) | c3!crescendo)! |!f! d d c/2 B/2 | A2 e | d d e/2e/2 | c3 |B c d/2d/2 |d c =c/2c/2 | d2 B | d>(c A/2)B/2 | (B/2c/2 d)>A | (B/2c/2) d>B | (e d) c | B3 |
w:A-dam lay y-bound-en bound-en in a bond;| Four thou-sand win-ter thought he not too long. *And all was for an ap-ple, an ap-ple that he took, as clerk-es find-en writ-ten in their book. Ne had the ap-ple tak-en been, the ap-ple tak-en been, Ne had nev-er our| la-dy A been hea-ven-e| queen. Bless-ed be the time that ap-ple tak-en was, There-fore we moun sing-en, De-o gra-ci-as! De-*o gra-**ci-as! *De-o gra-*ci-as!
V:4 clef=bass
!mp!B, D, E,/2E,/2 | F, F,2 | B, D, E,/2E,/2 | F,3 | D, A, F, | G,2 E, | F,/2F,/2 D, E, | F,3 | Z | Z |Z | Z | !p!D, A, D, | E, G,2 | D,/2D,/2 B,, E, | F,3 |!mf! D, D,/2E,/2 F,/2F,/2 |A,/2A,/2 A, F, |B, D, E,/2F,/2 | G,3 | E,/2E,/2 B,/2A,/2 G, | F, F, !crescendo(!D, |A, F,/2F,/2 D, | A,3!crescendo)! | !f!D D C/2B,/2 |A,2 C |D D C/2B,/2 | A,3 |E, A, D,/2B,/2 | A, A, =C/2C/2 |(G,/2A,/2 B,>G, |D,/2E,/2 F,>)B, | G, (D,/2E,/2) F, |(G,2 F, | E,2) F, | [B,,3F,3] |
w:A-dam lay y-bound-en bound-en in a bond; Four thou-sand win-ter thought he not too long As clerk-es find-en writ-ten in their book. Ne had the ap-ple tak-en been, the ap-ple tak-en been, Ne had nev-er our la-dy A been hea-ven-e queen. Bless-ed be the time that ap-ple tak-en was, There-fore we moun sing-en, De-o gra_____-ci|as! De-*o gra__ci-as!