| Dance, dance the shaking of the sheets
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| Dance, dance when you hear the piper
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| Playing, everyone must dance
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| The shaking of the sheets with me
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| Bring away the beggar, bring away the king
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| And every man in his degree
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| Bring away the oldest and the youngest thing
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| Come to death and follow me
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| Bring away the merchant who made his money in France
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| And the crafty banker too
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| When you hear the piper, you and I must dance
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| The dance that everyone must do
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| Dance, dance the shaking of the sheets
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| Dance, dance when you hear the piper
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| Playing, everyone must dance
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| The shaking of the sheets with me
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| I’ll find you in the courtrooms, I’ll find you in the schools
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| When you hear the piper play
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| I’ll take away the wise men, I’ll take away the fools
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| And bring their bodies all to clay
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| All the politicians of high and low degree
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| Lords and ladies, great and small
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| Don’t think that you’ll escape and need not dance with me
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| I’ll make you come when I do call
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| Dance, dance the shaking of the sheets
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| Dance, dance when you hear the piper
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| Playing, everyone must dance
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| The shaking of the sheets with me
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| It may be in the day, it may be in the night
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| Prepare yourselves to dance and pray
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| That when the piper plays ‘The Shaking of the Sheets'
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| You may to Heaven dance the way
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| Dance, dance the shaking of the sheets
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| Dance, dance when you hear the piper
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| Playing, everyone must dance
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| The shaking of the sheets with me
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| Dance, dance the shaking of the sheets
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| Dance, dance when you hear the piper
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| Playing, everyone must dance
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| The shaking of the sheets with me |