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HOW HAPPY ARE WE (WHO FROM THINKING ARE FREE). AKA - "Ladies Fine Aires (The)". English, Air. This air, composed by John Barrett and "Sung and acted by Mr. Pack", appears in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1729) under the title "When you censure the age."
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Printed sources: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 59.
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