Title Song 168 (t), or Friend and the Lover, The (at) 
Short Title Calliope, 1788 
Page 316-318 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //565/51+7//6561+/53//4654/351+2+ 
Alternate Title Friend and the Lover, The (at). Song 168 (t), or 
First Line I'm told by the wise ones a maid I shall die (fl) 
Verses
Stress Notes  556543 
Intervals  2,-2,4,-2,-2,-2,2,3,-4,-3,2,3,-2,-2,-2,3,4,2, 
Key Signature FU#,C# 
Time Signature
Do DL 
Date 1788 
Number A64.168 
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