Title Ah! the Poor Shepherd's Mournful Fate (t) 
Short Title Scots MM-2, 1788 
Page 158 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO,PFF 
Incipit  //34/31+6//5321/23//12/3234//65/351+ 
Indicated Tune Gallashields (it) 
First Line Ah! the poor shepherd's mournful fate (fl) 
Verses
Stress Notes  33521363 
Intervals  2,-2,6,-3,-2,-3,-2,-2,2,2,-3,2,2,-2,2,2,3,-2,-3,3,4, 
Key Signature FU#,C# 
Time Signature
Do
Date 1788 
Number E32.59 
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