Title Girl with a Cast In Her Eye, The (t) 
Short Title American SS-SM 
Page 1 
Genre  AI 
Country 
Instruments  KB,VO 
Incipit  //1+76/543//232//246//531+/1+2+3+ 
First Line I sigh for a damsel that's charming and fair (fl) 
Burden Text Girl with a cast in her eye, The (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  152251 
Intervals  -2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,2,-2,3,3,-2,-3,6,2,2, 
Key Signature FU#,C#,GU#,D# 
Time Signature 6/8 
Do
Place New York 
Publisher Hewitt, J. 
Date 1799(ED 
Location Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Facs E35551 
Number B27.159 
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