| Title | Desponding Shepherd, The (t) |
| Short Title | Ritson, 1783 |
| Page | TI,259-260;MIII |
| Genre | SC |
| Country | E |
| Instruments | VO |
| Incipit | //11/11//123234/32//17-6-/5-43 |
| First Line | To melancholy thoughts a prey (fl) |
| Verses | 3 |
| Authors | Pilkington, Mrs.(t) |
| Stress Notes | 111315 |
| Intervals | 2,2,-2,2,2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,7,-2, |
| Key Signature | FU# |
| Time Signature | C |
| Do | G |
| Date | 1783 |
| Number | A146.224 |