Title Mother's Lament for the Death of Her Son, A (t) 
Short Title Scots MM-3, 1790 
Page 280 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO,PF 
Incipit  //56/53567//1+65321/6-34//56/3+2+1+2+ 
Indicated Tune Finlayston House (it) 
First Line Fate gave the word, The arrow sped (fl) 
Verses
Authors Burns, R.(t) 
Stress Notes  551653 
Intervals  2,-2,-3,3,2,2,2,-3,-2,-3,-2,-2,-3,5,2,2,2,5,-2,-2,2, 
Key Signature FU#,C# 
Time Signature
Do
Date 1790 
Number E33.76 
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