a Catch for four voices by Mr Wm Bird

Usually attributed to the well-known William Byrd but perhaps by one of the Cambridge University waits and "Lorde of ye Tapps" from 1582-3, who was also called William Byrde. Copy by William Knight (c. 1720-39) in York Minster Library manuscript M17S.

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