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Textual Notes to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956)

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man. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: one.back to note source
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that. So A2. P, R, W2: as.back to note source
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Bring away both. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: Bring the.back to note source
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And. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: omitted.back to note source
beating hookes. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: baiting hooks.back to note source
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that make your. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: have you made your.back to note source
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With both our heeles. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: Both our heeles.back to note source
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Thinke on. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: Thinke you on.back to note source
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agast. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: all agast.back to note source
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Thinke you. So A2. P, R, W2: you that I.back to note source
in scooles. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: to scholes.back to note source
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Take not I away. So A2. P, W2: Take I not always.back to note source
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busie-headed. So A2. R: bustheaded. This stanza appears after line 56 in the printed versions.back to note source
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To brawle for everie. So A2. P: to bubble of a; R: to babble of a; W1: to brabble for a; W2: to brabble of a.back to note source
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To cut away. So A2. R: To cut you from.back to note source
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foolishly. So A2. W1: falsely; P, R, W2: safely.back to note source
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Doe yea acount. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: do you make account.back to note source
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To have all the world. So A2. P, R, W2: to have the world.back to note source
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This night thy soule must sure goe hence. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: Full soon thy soul must needs go hence.back to note source
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her knee. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: their knee.back to note source
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Doe you thinke to play. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: Think you for to play.back to note source
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Noe faith. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: Noe.back to note source
laddes. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: lords.back to note source
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he learnes. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: she loves.back to note source
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doth. So A2. P, W2: can.back to note source
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swash and flash. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: flash and swash.back to note source
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ladie. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: ladies.back to note source
beldam. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: beldams.back to note source
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Prepare yourselves. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: with me your selves.back to note source
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pypes his play. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: pipe doth play.back to note source
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daunce readie way. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: dance the way.back to note source
Explicit
finis Thomas Hill. So A2. No attribution is given in the printed broadsides.back to note source