Title Air 34 (t) 
Short Title Beggar's Opera, 1777 
Page 75 
Genre  BA 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //511//31//23453//65//54321//46- 
Indicated Tune All in the Downs, &c. (it) 
First Line Thus when the swallow, seeking prey (fl) 
Stress Notes  532654 
Intervals  -5,3,-3,2,2,2,2,-3,4,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,4,-6, 
Key Signature FU# 
Time Signature 3/4 
Do
Date 1777 
Number M7.35 
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