Epitaph (Jonathan Battishill)

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CPDL #19629: Network.png
Editor: Christoph Lahme (submitted 2009-06-13).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 48 kB   Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Germany
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General Information

Title: Epitaph
Composer: Jonathan Battishill

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TTTB

Genre: SecularCanon

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: ca. 1786

Description: The text of this catch/glee/round ("Written on Sir Andrew Keeling's tomb") was also published in "The County Magazine" Salisbury, December 1786 (see below).

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Original text and translations

English.png English text

Here on his back doth lay Sir Andrew Keeling;
And at his feet his mournful lady kneeling.
But when he was alive and had his feeling,
She laid upon her back and he was kneeling.