Title Three Merry Travelers, The (t) 
Short Title Pills 6, 1719-20 
Page 177-9 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //12/321//345/543//45/65 
First Line There was three travelers, travelers three (fl) 
Burden Text With a hey down, ho down, lanktre down derry; without ever a stiver (bt) 
Verses 17 
Stress Notes  133546 
Intervals  2,2,-2,-2,3,2,2,-2,-2,2,2,2,-2, 
Time Signature
Do
Date 1719-1720 
Number P6.104 
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