Title Air 65 (t) 
Short Title Beggar's Opera, 1765 
Page 90 
Genre  BA 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //12342//34567-//5342 
Indicated Tune Did You Ever Hear of a Gallant Sailor (it) 
First Line But can I leave my pretty hussies (fl) 
Stress Notes  135 
Intervals  2,2,2,-3,2,2,2,2,-7,6,-3,2,-3, 
Key Signature FU# 
Time Signature 3/2 
Do
Date 1765 
Number R58.66 
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