Annotation:How cruel are the traitors

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HOW CRUEL ARE THE TRAITORS. AKA and see "'Twas when the sea was roaring." The air appears in Gay's Beggar's Opera of 1729, however the original song was from Gay's play The What d'ye call it.

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