Title Ye Frolicksome Sparks of the Game (t) 
Short Title Vocal Music, 1775 
Page 269-271 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO/VN/GF 
Incipit  //531/212//3/3//432/317-//6- 
First Line Ye frolicksome sparks of the game (fl) 
Burden Text Light heart and a thin pair of breeches, A; Then why should we quarrel (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  5233436 
Intervals  -3,-3,2,-2,2,2,2,-2,-2,2,-3,-2,-2, 
Key Signature Bb 
Time Signature 6/8 
Do
Date 1775 
Number R310.117 
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