Title Poor Tom (t), or Sailor's Epitaph, The (at) 
Short Title Edinburgh MM-2, 1793 
Page 36-37 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //1+1+/465//56/44321//43/6564 
Alternate Title Sailor's Epitaph, The (at). Poor Tom (t), or 
First Line Here, A sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling (fl) 
Burden Text And now he's gone aloft (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  145446 
Intervals  -5,3,-2,2,-3,-2,-2,-2,4,-2,4,-2,2,-3, 
Key Signature Bb,EUb,Ab 
Time Signature
Do Eb 
Date 1793 
Number E3.10 
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