| Title | Sang 17 (t) |
| Short Title | Gentle Shepherd, 1775 |
| Page | 91-92 |
| Genre | BA |
| Country | E |
| Instruments | VO |
| Incipit | //15-6-//1234//232//15-6- |
| Indicated Tune | Tweed-Side (it) |
| First Line | When hope was quite sunk in despair (fl) |
| Verses | 3 |
| Stress Notes | 1121 |
| Intervals | -4,2,3,2,2,2,-3,2,-2,-2,-4,2, |
| Key Signature | FU#,C#,GU# |
| Time Signature | 3/4 |
| Do | A |
| Date | 1775 |
| Number | A170.17 |