Title |
Sailors Ballad, The (t) |
Short Title |
SS, Folger-C42.1 |
Page |
207 |
Genre |
SS |
Country |
E |
Instruments |
VO,KB+FL |
Incipit |
//6-/7-1//2/17-//16-/5 |
First Line |
How pleasant a sailor's life passes (fl) |
Burden Text |
Then why shoud we quarrel for riches; light heart and a thin pair (bt) |
Verses |
4 |
Performers |
Legar, Mr. |
Theatre Works |
Perseus and Andromeda |
Stress Notes |
672115 |
Intervals |
2,2,2,-2,-2,2,-3,7, |
Key Signature |
Bb,EUb |
Time Signature |
2/4 |
Do |
Bb |
Number |
G4.156 |
Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839: Source Data
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