Title Wandering Sailor, The (t) 
Short Title Edinburgh MM-1, 1792 
Page 38-40 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //1+765/4321//567/1+2+3+1+//7671+/2+3+4+2+ 
First Line Wandering sailor, The (fl) 
Burden Text To anchor on his native shore (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  145172 
Intervals  -2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,5,2,2,2,2,2,-3,-2,-2,2,2,2,2,2,-3, 
Key Signature FU# 
Time Signature
Do
Date 1792 
Number E2.18 
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