| Title |
Sailor's Ballad, The (t) |
| Short Title |
Watts MM-6, 1731 |
| Page |
33-34+35 |
| Genre |
SC |
| Country |
E |
| Instruments |
VO,HA+FL |
| Incipit |
//6-/7-1//2/17-//17- |
| First Line |
How pleasant a sailor's life passes (fl) |
| Burden Text |
Then why shou'd we quarrel for riches, &c. (bt) |
| Verses |
4 |
| Performers |
Legar, Mr. |
| Theatre Works |
Perseus and Andromeda |
| Stress Notes |
67211 |
| Intervals |
2,2,2,-2,-2,2,-2, |
| Key Signature |
Bb,EUb |
| Time Signature |
2/4 |
| Do |
Bb |
| Date |
1731 |
| Number |
B12.15 |
Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839: Source Data
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