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Thread #86938   Message #1620033
Posted By: Haruo
04-Dec-05 - 07:42 PM
Thread Name: Shield tune for Lavin multiholiday song
Subject: Shield tune for Lavin multiholiday song
Christine Lavin says her "A Christmas/ Kwanzaa/ Solstice/ Chanukah/ Ramadan/ Boxing Day Song" (which I have the lyrics to but have not heard) has "Music by William Shield (1748-1829)" and Words by Christine Lavin.

My question is, what is the tune? I know William Shield is accused of having composed The Miller's Daughter aka The Miller's Wedding aka I fee'd a lad at Michaelmas, to which Burns's Auld Lang Syne is routinely sung, but I can't seem to get her lyrics to fit it. So what tune is she talking about of Mr. Shield's?

Haruo