Title Sailors Consolation, The (t) 
Short Title Elegant Exts, 1794 
Page 32-33 
Genre  AI 
Country 
Instruments  GF/VN/VO 
Incipit  //131/4-25//316-/27-5-//1 
First Line Spanking Jack was so comely (fl) 
Burden Text But grieving's a folly, &c. (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  14321 
Intervals  3,-3,-5,6,4,-3,-3,-3,4,-3,-3,4, 
Key Signature FU#,C# 
Time Signature
Do
Date [1794] 
Number H1.16 
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