Title I Could Not Help Laughing at That (t), or Favourite Ballad, A (at) 
Short Title Marchant MS, 1783 
Page 15 
Genre  AM 
Country 
Instruments  VO,KB 
Incipit  //111/131//446/234//345/5-6-7- 
Alternate Title Favourite Ballad, A (at). I Could Not Help Laughing at That (t), or 
First Line In the days of my childhood (fl) 
Burden Text I could not help laughing at that (bt) 
Stress Notes  114235 
Intervals  3,-3,4,3,-5,2,2,-2,2,2,-8,2,2, 
Key Signature FU# 
Time Signature 6/8 
Do
Date 1783 
Number E91.11 
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