Title When Rural Lads and Lasses Gay (t), or Favourite Song, A (at) 
Short Title American SS-SM 
Page 1-2 
Genre  AI 
Country 
Instruments  VO,KB,FL+GF 
Incipit  //565/1+5//35/12//33/345//522 
Alternate Title Favourite Song, A (at). When Rural Lads and Lasses Gay (t), or 
First Line When rural lads and lasses gay (fl) 
Burden Text She sung so sweet, &c. (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  5131335 
Intervals  2,-2,4,-4,-3,3,-5,2,2,2,2,-4, 
Key Signature Bb 
Time Signature 6/8 
Do
Place New York 
Publisher Gilfert, G. 
Date C.1795( 
Location Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Facs E47680 
Number B27.211 
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