Hold Thy Peace

This page is part of the Ravenscroft Songbook.

Source: Thomas Ravenscroft's Deuteromelia # 10 (1609)

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This round is perhaps mentioned in Shakespeare (Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene 3), but there are several rounds featuring the phrase "hold thy peace".

Hold thy peace, and I prithee hold thy peace,
Thou knave, (pause) (pause) hold thy peace thou knave
(pause) (pause) Thou knave.

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Greg Lindahl