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As " Dennis, don't be threatening" the air is in Bunting's Collections of 1796 and 1809, the Irish liepositoru, 1808, Mulholland's
Ancient Irish Airs, 1810, and, with Moore's song in the fourth number of the Melodies, 1811. It is the progenitor of the air known
as " The Dandy O " (see p. 251). As " O, rouse yourself, it's cold you've got," Dr Petrie has printed a setting of "Dennis, don't be
threatening," which he obtained in 1854 from the singing of a blind ballad-singer in Limerick. Another version was used by
Shield in the " Poor Soldier," 1783, set to verses beginning, " Out of my sight, or I'll box your ears."