Excerpt from Popular Music of the Olden Time, Vol. 2: A Collection of Ancient Songs, Ballads, and Dance Tunes, Illustrative of the National Music of England; With Short Introductions to the Different Reigns, and Notices of the Airs From Writers of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
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