Title She Dropt a Tear & Cried Be True (t), or Favorite Sea Song, A (at) 
Short Title American SS-SM 
Page 1-2 
Genre  AI 
Country 
Instruments  KB,VO,2VN+GF 
Incipit  //1/2//34/51//42/17-//1 
Alternate Title Favorite Sea Song, A (at). She Dropt a Tear & Cried Be True (t), or 
First Line Ye ling'ring winds that feebly blow (fl) 
Verses
Authors Moulds, J. (M) 
Stress Notes  1235411 
Intervals  2,2,2,2,-5,4,-3,-2,-2,2, 
Key Signature Bb 
Time Signature 2/4 
Do
Place New York 
Publisher Gilfert, G. 
Date 1795(ED 
Location John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI,Facs E47496 
Number B27.201 
Return to Database Home Page
Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839: Source Data
© 2002 Colonial Music Institute