Title Air 27 (t) 
Short Title Decoy, 1733 
Page T35-6M9 
Genre  BA 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //36-/6-7-//17-1/217-6-//217-/6-3//32/3217- 
Indicated Tune There Was a Pretty Girl (it) 
First Line You there may learn a trade (fl) 
Burden Text With a fal lal &c (bt) 
Stress Notes  36122633 
Intervals  -5,2,2,-2,2,2,-2,-2,-2,4,-2,-2,-2,5,-2,2,-2,-2,-2, 
Key Signature Bb,EUb 
Time Signature
Do Bb 
Date 1733 
Number R113.27 
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