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GUEST,Malcolm Lyr/Tune Add: The Heaving of the Lead (W. Shield) (9) RE: Lyr/Chords Add: THE HEAVING OF THE LEAD 30 Oct 01

Just to put it in context, the song appeared in the 1792 operatic farce Hartford-Bridge, or, The Skirts of the Camp (Librettist: William Pearce, Composer: William Shield and others).  Shield (1748-1829) began his working life as a boat-builder's apprentice in County Durham, but wound up in London as a successful viola player(!) and theatrical composer.  He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1817.

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