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MUSICAL AND LITERARY MISCELLANY.
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Dame Durden, in the morn so soon,
She did begin to brawl ;
To rouse her servant maids and men,
She did most loudly call.
'Twas Moll and Bet, &c.
'Twas on the morn of Valentine,
The birds began to prate.
Dame Durden's servant maids and men,
They all began to mate.
'Twas fitoU and Bet, &c.
A MUSICAL ENTHUSIAST
Dr. Ford, the Rector of Blelton, was an enthusiast
in music, very singular in his manner, and a great
humorist. His passion for sacred music was pub-
licly known from his constant attendance at most
of the musical festivals in the kingdom. I have
frequently met him, and always found him in ecsta-
cies with Handel's music, especially the " Messiah."
His admiration of this work was carried to such an
excess, that he told me he never made a journey
from Melton to Leicester that he did not sing it
quite through. His performance served as a pedo-
meter by which he could ascertain his progress ou
the road. As soon as he had crossed Melton Bridge,
he began the overture, and always found himself in
the chorus, " Lift up your heads," when he arrived
at Brooksby Gate; and " Thanks be to God," the
moment he got through Thurmaston toll-gate. As
the pace of his old horse was pretty regular, he
contrived to conclude the " Amen chorus" always at
the Cross iu the Belgrave Gate. Though a very
pious person, his eccentricity was, at times, not re-
strained even in the pulpit, [t need not be stated
that he had a pretty good opinion of his own vocal
powers. Once, when the clerk was giving out the
tune, he stopped him, saying, " John, you have
pitched too low — follow me." Then, clearing up
his voice, he lustily began the tune. When the
psalmody went to his mind, he enjoyed it ; and in
his paroxysms of delight, would dangle one or both
of his legs over the side of his pulpit during the
singing. When preaching a charity sermon at
Melton, some gentlemen of the hunt entered the
church rather late. He stopped, and cried out,
" Here they come — here come the red- coats — they
know their Christian duties: there's not a man
among them that is not good for a guinea." The
Doctor was himself a performer, had a good library
of music, and always took the "Messiah" with him
on his musical journeys. I think it was at a Birming-
ham Festival that he was sitting with his book upon
his knee, humming the music with the performers,
to the great annoyance of an attentive listener, who
said, " I did not pay to hear ijou sing." "Then,"
said the Doctor, " you have that into the bargain."
— Gardiner's Music and Friends,