Title Ballad of the Nose, A (t) 
Short Title Pills 4, 1719-20 
Page 259-61 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //11/123//217-/23//17-6-/6-7-6- 
First Line Three merry lads met at the rose (fl) 
Burden Text Yet still there's matter in the nose. (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  112216 
Intervals  2,2,-2,-2,-2,3,2,-3,-2,-2,2,-2, 
Key Signature Bb,EUb 
Time Signature 6/4 
Do Bb 
Date 1719-1720 
Number P4.126 
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