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MY LODGING IT IS ON THE COLD GROUND.
This is a song in the play of The Rivals (an alteration of Fletcher's Two
Noble Kinsmen) , the performance of which Pepys witnessed twice, " at the
Duke's house," in the year 1664; but which acquired its principal celebrity in
or about 1667, when Moll Davis and Betterton performed the principal
characters. Downes, who was prompter at the theatre, from 1662 to 1706, thus
speaks of it : " The Rivals, a play, wrote by Sir William Davenant : having
a very fine interlude in it, of vocal and instrumental music, mixt with very
diverting dances. . . . All the women's parts admirably acted; chiefly Cel[an]ia,
a shepherdess, being mad for love; especially in singing several wild and mad
songs, My lodging it is on the cold ground, &c. She performed that so charm-
ingly, that, not long after, it raised her from her bed on the cold ground to a Bed
Royal." Roscius Anglkanus, edit. 1781, p. 32. Downes does not here mention
the representative of Celania, but the name of Mrs. Davis is found in the printed
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525
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Young Jem-my is a lad That's roy - al - ly des - cend - ed, With
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A true and faithful English heart,
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Great Britain's joy and hope, And
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brave -ly will main - tain their part, In spite of Turk and Pope.
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MY LODGING IT IS ON THE COLD GROUND.
This is a song in the play of The Rivals (an alteration of Fletcher's Two
Noble Kinsmen) , the performance of which Pepys witnessed twice, " at the
Duke's house," in the year 1664; but which acquired its principal celebrity in
or about 1667, when Moll Davis and Betterton performed the principal
characters. Downes, who was prompter at the theatre, from 1662 to 1706, thus
speaks of it : " The Rivals, a play, wrote by Sir William Davenant : having
a very fine interlude in it, of vocal and instrumental music, mixt with very
diverting dances. . . . All the women's parts admirably acted; chiefly Cel[an]ia,
a shepherdess, being mad for love; especially in singing several wild and mad
songs, My lodging it is on the cold ground, &c. She performed that so charm-
ingly, that, not long after, it raised her from her bed on the cold ground to a Bed
Royal." Roscius Anglkanus, edit. 1781, p. 32. Downes does not here mention
the representative of Celania, but the name of Mrs. Davis is found in the printed
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| Description | A collection of ancient songs, ballads, and dance tunes ... with short introductions to the different reigns, and notices of the airs from writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Also a short account of the minstrels. Airs harmonized by G.A. Macfarren. London: Cramer, Beale & Chappell, [1859]. 2 volumes. Paged continuously. [An expansion of his "Collection of national English airs", published 1838-40.] |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.254-254a |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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