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FEOM HENRY VII. TO MARY.
85
Many ballads were sung to it, and among them, King Olfrey and the old Abbot,
whicli is on the same story as King John and the Abbot of Canterbury; and Tlie
Song of the Caps, in the Roxburghe Collection, -which is also, in an altered form,
in Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy.
The following ballad is from a black-letter copy, in the Ashmolean Museum.
THE DOLEFULL DANCE AND SONG OF DEATH :
INTITHLED DANCE AFTER MY PIPE.— 10 A PIEASANT NEW TUNE.
Moderate time.
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Can you dance The shaking of the sheets, A dance that ev' - ry one must do ; Can you
Je
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trim it up with dain - ty sweets, And ev' - ry thing that 'longs there-to ? Make
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rea - dy, then, yom' wind - ing sheet. And see how ye can be - stir your feet, For
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Death is the man that all must meet, For Death is the man that all must meet.
J h | J_J J'
Bring away the beggar and the king,
And every man in his degree ;
Bring away the old and youngest thing,
Come all to death, and follow me ;
The courtier with his lofty looks,
The lawyer with his learned books,
The banker with his baiting hooks.
Merchants, have you made your mart in France,
In Italy, and all about,
Know you not that you and I must dance.
Both our heels wrapt in a clout ;
What mean you to make your houses gay,
And I must take the tenant away,
And dig for your sake the clods of clay ?
85
Many ballads were sung to it, and among them, King Olfrey and the old Abbot,
whicli is on the same story as King John and the Abbot of Canterbury; and Tlie
Song of the Caps, in the Roxburghe Collection, -which is also, in an altered form,
in Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy.
The following ballad is from a black-letter copy, in the Ashmolean Museum.
THE DOLEFULL DANCE AND SONG OF DEATH :
INTITHLED DANCE AFTER MY PIPE.— 10 A PIEASANT NEW TUNE.
Moderate time.
^ a^d=£^
E^
fc
a
Can you dance The shaking of the sheets, A dance that ev' - ry one must do ; Can you
Je
jW^
^^4^-1
trim it up with dain - ty sweets, And ev' - ry thing that 'longs there-to ? Make
NN ^^ ff ^
rea - dy, then, yom' wind - ing sheet. And see how ye can be - stir your feet, For
^^^
-^
^^^
i^
Death is the man that all must meet, For Death is the man that all must meet.
J h | J_J J'
Bring away the beggar and the king,
And every man in his degree ;
Bring away the old and youngest thing,
Come all to death, and follow me ;
The courtier with his lofty looks,
The lawyer with his learned books,
The banker with his baiting hooks.
Merchants, have you made your mart in France,
In Italy, and all about,
Know you not that you and I must dance.
Both our heels wrapt in a clout ;
What mean you to make your houses gay,
And I must take the tenant away,
And dig for your sake the clods of clay ?
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Popular music of the olden time > Volume 1 > (119) Page 85 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.254 |
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| Description | A collection of ancient songs, ballads, and dance tunes ... with short introductions to the different reigns, and notices of the airs from writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Also a short account of the minstrels. Airs harmonized by G.A. Macfarren. London: Cramer, Beale & Chappell, [1859]. 2 volumes. Paged continuously. [An expansion of his "Collection of national English airs", published 1838-40.] |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.254-254a |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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