Title Old Man's Wish, The (t) 
Short Title SS, Harvard 
Page 1 
Genre  SS 
Country 
Instruments  VO,KBF+FL 
Incipit  //345//543//456//24//567//671+ 
First Line If I live to grow old (fl) 
Burden Text May I govern my passion, &c. (bt) 
Verses
Authors Pope, W.(t)(ed) 
Stress Notes  354256 
Intervals  2,2,-2,-2,2,2,2,-5,3,2,2,2,-2,2,2, 
Key Signature Bb 
Time Signature 3/4 
Do
Number B29.856 
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Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839: Source Data
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