Title O Dear What Can the Matter Be (t) 
Short Title Otis MS, 1793 
Page T-BEFORE TP-M44 
Genre  AM 
Country 
Instruments  2VN/2FL/2VO 
Incipit  //5/5//531+/531//4/4 
First Line O dear what can the matter be (fl) 
Burden Text To tie up my bonny brown hair (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  555544 
Intervals  -3,6,-4,-3,-3,4, 
Key Signature FU# 
Time Signature 6/8 
Do
Date 1793 
Number E80.76 
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