| Title | Plaintive Swain, The (t) |
| Short Title | SS, Boston PL-2 |
| Page | 83 |
| Genre | SS |
| Country | E |
| Instruments | VO,KB+GF/GT |
| Incipit | //311/132//16-6-/6-16-//6-5-12/3153 |
| First Line | Alas how smoothly flow'd my days (fl) |
| Verses | 5 |
| Stress Notes | 311663 |
| Intervals | -3,3,-2,-2,-3,3,-3,-2,4,2,2,-3,5,-3, |
| Key Signature | Bb,EUb |
| Time Signature | C |
| Do | Bb |
| Publisher | L. L. & B. |
| Number | E19.83 |