Annotation:How cruel are the traitors
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HOW CRUEL ARE THE TRAITORS. AKA and see "Melancholy Nymph," "'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 (1715). See note for Annotation:Melancholy Nymph for more.