| Title | Despairing Shepherd, The (t), or New Song, A (at) |
| Short Title | SS, Harvard |
| Page | 1 |
| Genre | SS |
| Country | E |
| Instruments | VO,B+FL |
| Incipit | //5433//3211//23234//42//3457-//1236- |
| Alternate Title | New Song, A (at). Despairing Shepherd, The (t), or |
| First Line | Alexis shun'd his fellow swains (fl) |
| Verses | 6 |
| Stress Notes | 532431 |
| Intervals | -2,-2,-2,-2,2,2,-2,2,2,-3,2,2,2,-6,2,2,2,-5, |
| Key Signature | FU# |
| Time Signature | 3 |
| Do | G |
| Number | B29.300 |