Title Roast Beef of Old England, The-5 (t) 
Short Title SS, Folger-C52 
Page 34-35 
Genre  SS 
Country 
Instruments  MI,VO,KB 
Incipit  //121/7-12//321/2 
First Line As once on a time a young frog pert and vain (fl) 
First Line-Recitative But see my muse to England takes her flight (fl-r) 
Burden Text O the roast beef of old England (bt) 
Verses
Stress Notes  1732 
Intervals  2,-2,-2,2,2,2,-2,-2,2, 
Key Signature FU#,C# 
Time Signature 6/4 
Do
Number G3.25.5 
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