Title Ballad of King John and the Abbot of Canterbury, The (t) 
Short Title Pills 4, 1719-20 
Page 28-31 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //232/17-6-//5-4-5-/6-7-1//232/17-6- 
First Line I'll tell you a story, A story anon (fl) 
Burden Text Derry down, &c. (bt) 
Stress Notes  215621 
Intervals  2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,2,2,2,2,2,2,-2,-2,-2,-2, 
Key Signature Bb,EUb 
Time Signature 6/4 
Do Bb 
Date 1719-1720 
Number P4.14 
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