the published result of editorial work on this discovery, which was issued in 1743, and the working manuscript used for this publication Are discussed here. a thorough comparison between this working manuscript and the early modern editions published since 1743 reveals examples of textual and musical editing by the early modern collators. our discussion dwells first on pale yellow Willows and is Then followed by an examination of metrical and tonal pattern: in the desolate City, the Daybreak horn blows over the street of hanging Willows On Horseback in thin clothes sorrowfully cold Having looked around, the goose Yellow and Tender Green are my old acquaintances from south of the river I am lonely and tomorrow is again the cold eating Festival I fear, the pear Blossom having fallen completely, all will become autumn in color the swallows fly back Asking Where is Spring？ but there is only the pool’s green