Title Air 17, Act Iii (t) 
Short Title Beggar's Wed, 1729 
Page T62M12 
Genre  BA 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //1+/1+76//1+567//1+/1+76 
Indicated Tune Come All Ye Pretty Maidens (it) 
First Line Like jolly beggars thus we'll prove (fl) 
Stress Notes  11111 
Intervals  -2,-2,3,-4,2,2,2,-2,-2, 
Time Signature C/ 
Do
Date 1729 
Number A106.51 
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