Title My Harry Was a Gallant Gay (t) 
Short Title Scots MM-3, 1790 
Page 218 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO,PF 
Incipit  //6-6-6-7-/6-6-6-3//5327-/5-5-5-5//3235/676-5 
Indicated Tune Highlander's Lament (it) 
First Line My Harry was a gallant gay (fl) 
Burden Text O for him back again, &c (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  665536 
Intervals  2,-2,5,3,-3,-2,-3,-3,8,-3,-2,2,3,2,2,-9,7, 
Key Signature FU# 
Time Signature
Do
Date 1790 
Number E33.10 
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