Title Independent and Free (t) 
Short Title American SS-SM 
Page 1-2 
Genre  AI 
Country 
Instruments  VO,KB 
Incipit  //5-4-/3-5-//17-12/31//11/6-7-12//7- 
First Line Come fill your bumpers (fl) 
Burden Text Independent and free (bt) 
Verses
Performers Rowson, Mr. 
Theatre Works American Tar, or the Press Gang Defeated, The 
Stress Notes  5313167 
Intervals  -2,-2,3,4,-2,2,2,2,-3,-3,2,2,2,-3, 
Time Signature
Do
Place Philadelphia (ed) 
Publisher Carr 
Date 1796(ED 
Location Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Facs E47929 
Number B27.223 
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Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839: Source Data
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