Title Jack Ratlin Was the Ablest Seaman (t) 
Short Title Edinburgh MM-2, 1793 
Page 320-321 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //1+2+/3+4+//71+/51+7//656/5434//3 
First Line Jack Ratlin was the ablest seaman (fl) 
Verses
Stress Notes  1375653 
Intervals  2,2,2,-5,2,-4,4,-2,-2,-2,2,-2,-2,-2,2,-2, 
Key Signature Bb,EUb 
Time Signature
Do Bb 
Date 1793 
Number E3.135 
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