Title Bonny Bold Soldier, The (t) 
Short Title Edinburgh MM-1, 1792 
Page 291-293 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //135/231//46-7-/12//34321/7-255- 
First Line I've plenty of lovers that sue me in vain (fl) 
Burden Text In the trumpet's shrill sound my soldier delights (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  124137 
Intervals  3,3,-4,2,-3,4,-6,2,2,2,2,2,-2,-2,-2,-2,3,4,-8, 
Key Signature Bb,EUb 
Time Signature
Do Bb 
Date 1792 
Number E2.122 
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