Title Sov'reign of the Seas, The (t) 
Short Title Edinburgh MM-2, 1793 
Page 72-74 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //11/12//34/54//31/2432 
First Line Thus, thus my boys, our anchor's weigh'd (fl) 
Burden Text For Neptune quits his watry car (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  113532 
Intervals  2,2,2,2,-2,-2,-3,2,3,-2,-2, 
Time Signature
Do
Date 1793 
Number E3.27 
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