Title Contented Parson, The (t) 
Short Title SS, Harvard 
Page 1 
Genre  SS 
Country 
Instruments  VO,B+FL 
Incipit  //6-/7-1//2/17-//7-6- 
First Line I am a country parson (fl) 
Burden Text Why shou'd I preach, &c., then (bt) 
Verses
Authors Private Gentleman, A(t) 
Stress Notes  67217 
Intervals  2,2,2,-2,-2,-2, 
Key Signature Bb,EUb 
Time Signature 2/4 
Do Bb 
Number B29.238 
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Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839: Source Data
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