Title Air 44 (t) 
Short Title Jovial Crew, 1731 
Page 56-57 
Genre  BA 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //1+767/1+1+2+//7555/55//6667/1+76 
Indicated Tune There Was a Bonny Blade (it) 
First Line Greatest skill in life, The (fl) 
Burden Text Mum, mum, mum (bt) 
Stress Notes  117561 
Intervals  -2,-2,2,2,2,-3,-3,2,2,2,-2,-2, 
Time Signature C/ 
Do
Date 1731 
Number R14.44 
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