Title Song 64 (t), or Desponding Negro, The (at) 
Short Title American MM, 1798 
Page 166-168 
Genre  AI 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //1113//21234//56543//215-//1113//2134 
Alternate Title Desponding Negro, The (at). Song 64 (t), or 
First Line On Afric's wide plains (fl) 
Burden Text Spare a halfpenny to a poor negro (bt) 
Stress Notes  125212 
Intervals  3,-2,-2,2,2,2,2,2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-4,4,3,-2,-2,3,2, 
Key Signature FU# 
Time Signature 3/4 
Do
Date 1798 
Number M9.64 
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