Mudcat Café message #1519126

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Thread #82833 Message #1519126
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
09-Jul-05 - 04:48 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Shaking Out the Sheets / Shaking of the..
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Shaking out the sheets

Midi for the 16th c. version from Chappell in the Mudcat DT (The Shaking of the Sheets (2). Eleven seven-line verses (first has a line repeat), from reference below. Song ID 6959.

Sheet music and lyrics in William Chappell, "Popular Music of the Olden Time," vol, 1, pp. 84-86. "Shaking of the Sheet, or The Dance of Death." The Dover reprint should be in your library.