Title Song, A (t) 
Short Title Pills 5, 1719-20 
Page 34-36 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //7-17-/7-6-5-//6-6-/1//217-/123//323/16- 
First Line Shepherd kept sheep on a hill so high, A (fl) 
Burden Text Fa, la, la, &c. (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  77612131 
Intervals  2,-2,-2,-2,2,3,2,-2,-2,2,2,2,-2,2,-3,-3, 
Time Signature 6/4 
Do
Date 1719-1720 
Number P5.15 
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