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ENGLISH SONG AND BALLAD MUSIC
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There are slight diflferences in the copies of the tune called Waiton Toivii's Mid
in The Dancing Master, and Oh ! London is a fine town in Pills to â– purge Melan-
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Moderate time.
g r4 B H — p —
ENGLISH SONG AND BALLAD MUSIC
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When I was a Bache-lor, I liv'd a mer-ry life, But now 1 am a
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mar-ried man, And troubled with a wife, I can -not do as I have done, Be-
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-cause I live in fear. If I go but to Isling-ton, My wife is watching there.
There are slight diflferences in the copies of the tune called Waiton Toivii's Mid
in The Dancing Master, and Oh ! London is a fine town in Pills to â– purge Melan-
choly, and in The Beggars^ Opera. The following is The Beggars' Opera version : —
K
Lively.
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Oh ! Lon - don is a fine town, And a gal - lant ci - ty ; 'Tis
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govern'd by the scar - let gown, Come lis - ten to my dit - ty.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Popular music of the olden time > Volume 1 > (254) Page 220 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91370495 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.254 |
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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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