this pleasant month of may
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This Pleasant Month of MayAuthor(s): Henry Robertson and William BealeSource: The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol. 6, No. 132 (Nov. 1, 1854), pp. 195-197Published by: Musical Times Publications Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3370547 .
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* Music oomposed by HEY ROBERTsoN, Esq. WILLiAM BEALE
[London: J. ALFRED NOVELLO, 69, Dean Street, Soho, & 24, Poultry; also in New YorY, at 389, Broadway.]
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* The spelling has been modernised from "This pleasaunt Monthe of Male," &c.
Musical Times, No. 132. (1 )
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THIS PLEASANT MONTH OF MAY.
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THIS PLEASANT MONTH OF MAY.
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