Title Sailors Ballad, The (t) 
Short Title SS, Folger-C42.1 
Page 207 
Genre  SS 
Country 
Instruments  VO,KB+FL 
Incipit  //6-/7-1//2/17-//16-/5 
First Line How pleasant a sailor's life passes (fl) 
Burden Text Then why shoud we quarrel for riches; light heart and a thin pair (bt) 
Verses
Performers Legar, Mr. 
Theatre Works Perseus and Andromeda 
Stress Notes  672115 
Intervals  2,2,2,-2,-2,2,-3,7, 
Key Signature Bb,EUb 
Time Signature 2/4 
Do Bb 
Number G4.156 
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