| Title | Song 39 (t), or Ah Why Must Words (at) |
| Short Title | Calliope, 1788 |
| Page | 72-73 |
| Genre | SC |
| Country | E |
| Instruments | VO |
| Incipit | //17-6-/6432//317-6-/5-7-//1234/56 |
| Alternate Title | Ah Why Must Words (at). Song 39 (t), or |
| First Line | Ah why must words my flame reveal (fl) |
| Verses | 6 |
| Stress Notes | 163515 |
| Intervals | -2,-2,8,-3,-2,-2,2,-3,-2,-2,-2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2, |
| Key Signature | Bb,EUb |
| Time Signature | C |
| Do | Bb |
| Date | 1788 |
| Number | A64.39 |