Title Indian Chief (t) 
Short Title Phila Songster, 1789 
Page 8 
Genre  AI 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //534/51+65//422/223//423/4654//314/1 
First Line Sun sets in night and the stars shun the day, The (fl) 
Burden Text Son of Alknumok shall never complain, The (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  55424431 
Intervals  -3,2,2,4,-3,-2,-2,-3,2,2,-3,2,2,3,-2,-2,-2,-3,4,-4, 
Key Signature F# 
Time Signature C/ 
Do
Date 1789 
Number J22.5 
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