Chapter XI: Book IV: , Ch. 3

'If you'll come to the bower I've shaded for you.' From 'Will you Come to the Bower'

_T. Moore_

Will you come to the Bower I've shaded for you,
Our bed shall be roses, all spangled with dew.
Will you, will you, will you, will you come to the Bower?
Will you, will you, will you, will you come to the Bower?

A LIST OF SONGS AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC MENTIONED BY DICKENS

WITH HISTORICAL NOTES

_The figures in brackets denote the chapter in the novel referred to_

A COBBLER THERE WAS (_D. & S._ 2)

A cobbler there was, and he lived in a stall,
Which serv'd him for parlour, for kitchen and hall,
No coin in his pocket, nor care in his pate,
No ambition had he, nor no duns at his gate,
Derry down, down, down, derry down.

The melody appeared in _Beggar's Opera_, 1728, and _Fashionable Lady_, 1730.

A FROG HE WOULD (_P.P._ 32)

The theme of the ballad belongs to the late sixteenth century.

A frog he would a-wooing go,
Heigho! said Rowley,
Whether his mother would let him or no,
With his rowly powly,
Gammon and spinnage,
O heigh! said Anthony Rowley.

We are told that Jack Hopkins sang 'The King, God Bless Him,' to a novel air, compounded of 'The Bay of Biscay' and 'A Frog He Would.' The latter was evidently the modern setting by C.E. Horn.

ALICE GRAY

See 'Yet Lov'd I.'

ALL HAIL TO THE VESSEL OF PECKSNIFF THE SIRE (_M.C._ 11)

Perhaps a parody on 'All Hail to the Chief.'

ALL IN THE DOWNS (_P.P._ 3)

See 'Black-Eyed Susan.'

ALL'S WELL (_O.C.S._ 56).

See p. 125.

Duet in _The English Fleet_.

(_T. Dibdin_) _J. Braham._

Deserted by the waning moon,
When skies proclaim night's cheerless gloom,
On tower, fort, or tented ground,
The sentry walks his lonely round;
And should a footstep haply stray
Where caution marks the guarded way,
Who goes there? Stranger, quickly tell,
A friend. The word? Good-night. All's well.

AND SHE SHALL WALK (_O.C.S._ 66)

Words by _Susan Blamire_.

And ye shall walk in silk attire,
And siller ha'e to spare,
Gin ye'll consent to be my bride,
Nor think on Donald mair.

Susan Blamire was born at Carden Hall, near Carlisle. Very few of her poems were published under her own name, as well-born ladies of those days disliked seeing their names published as authors. 'The Siller Crown,' from which this verse is taken, is in the Cumberland dialect. It first appeared anonymously in the _Scots Musical Museum_, 1790, and the authorship was subsequently settled by members of the family.

AND YOU NEEDN'T, MR. VENUS, BE YOUR BLACK BOTTLE (_O.M.F._).

See p. 134.

A STIFF NOR'-WESTER'S BLOWING, BILL (_D. & S._ 49)

From 'The Sailor's Consolation.'

One night came on a hurricane,
The seas were mountains rolling,
When Barney Buntline turned his quid,
And said to Billy Bowling,
A stiff Nor'-Wester's blowing, Bill,
Hark, don't you hear it roar now?
Lord help 'em! how I pity's all
Unhappy folk ashore now.

Mr. Kidson says in reference to this: 'I do not know that it was ever written to music, though I fancy more than one popular tune has been set to the words, which are by a person named Pitt.'

AULD LANG SYNE ('Holly Tree,' _D.C._ 17, 28)

Words by _Burns_.

A version of the melody occurs at the end of the overture to Shield's _Rosina_, 1783, and is either his own composition or an imitation of some Scotch melody. As, however, such melody has not hitherto been discovered, no great importance can be attached to this theory. _Rosina_ was performed in Edinburgh.

Some maintain that the tune is taken from a Scotch reel known as the 'Miller's Wedding,' found in Bremner's _Reels_ (1757-1761).

AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY (_O.C.S._ 58, _O.M.F._ ii. 6, _P.P._ 44, _D.C._ 8)

The melody is from Mozart's _Magic Flute_, 'Das klinget so herrlich'--a chorus with glockenspiel accompaniment. The writer of the words is unknown.

The air was introduced into an arrangement of Shakespeare's _Tempest_, and set to the words 'To moments so delighting!' sung by Miss Stephens. Also found as a duet 'composed by Sigr. Mozart, arranged by F.A. Hyde.'

BAY OF BISCAY (_U.T._ 31, _D. & S._ 39, _P.P._ 32)

Words by _Andrew Cherry_. _J. Davy._

Also see under 'A Frog He Would.'

BEETHOVEN'S SONATA IN B.

See p. 28.

BEGONE, DULL CARE (_O.C.S._ 7, _E.D._ 2)

Author unknown. The words occur in various song-books of the eighteenth century. The tune is seventeenth century, possibly derived from the 'Queen's Jigg' in the _Dancing Master_.

Begone, dull care, I prithee begone from me;
Begone, dull care, you and I can never agree.

The words were set as a glee by John Sale, and this may be the music that Dickens knew.

BELIEVE ME, IF ALL JARLEY'S WAXWORKS SO RARE (_O.C.S._ 27)

A parody on the following.

BELIEVE ME, IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS (_B.H._ 55)

Words by _T. Moore_.

Set to the old melody 'My Lodging is on the Cold Ground.' This appears to have come into existence about the middle of the eighteenth century. It is found in _Vocal Music, or the Songster's Companion_, 1775, and it was claimed by Moore to be an Irish melody, but some authorities deny this. It has also been claimed as Scotch, but the balance of opinion is in favour of its English origin (F. Kidson).

BESIDE THAT COTTAGE DOOR, MR. BOFFIN (_O.M.F._)

See p. 133.

BID ME DISCOURSE (_S.B.T._ 4)

Words adapted from Shakespeare's _Venus and Adonis_.

_H.R. Bishop._

BIRD WALTZ (_D. & S._ 29, 38)
_Panormo._

A very popular piano piece of the pre-Victorian period.

BLACK-EYED SUSAN (_A.N._), OR ALL IN THE DOWNS (_P.P._ 3)

Words by _John Gay_. _R. Leveridge._

This song was printed in sheet form previous to 1730, in which year it appeared in Watts' _Musical Miscellany_, Vol. IV., and was also inserted about that time in several ballad operas.

BOLD TURPIN VUNCE (_P.P._ 43)

Mr. Frank Kidson has pointed out that Sam Weller's song is founded upon a ballad entitled 'Turpin and the Bishop,' which appears in _Gaieties and Gravities_, by one of the authors of _Rejected Addresses_. The author is said to be Horatio Smith. There is a good four-part setting of the words by Sir F. Bridge.

BRAVE LODGINGS FOR ONE (_P.P._ 29)

Original.

BRITISH GRENADIERS (_B.H._ 49)

The tune as we know it now is the growth of centuries, the foundation probably being a tune in _The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book_. The Grenadiers were founded in 1678. The second verse refers to 'hand grenades,' and the regiment ceased to use these in the reign of Queen Anne. The author is unknown.

BRITONS, STRIKE HOME (_S.L._)

The well-known song in Purcell's _Bonduca_ gave its name to an opera by Charles Dibdin, published in 1803. This work probably suggested the phrase to Dickens. It was written with a view to arousing a patriotic feeling. The following verse occurs in the work:

When Dryden wrote and Purcell sung
Britons, strike home,
The patriot-sounds re-echoing rung
The vaulted dome.

BUFFALO GALS (_Letters_)

See p. 10.

BY THE SAD SEA WAVES (_Letters_)
_Julius Benedict._

A once popular song from the opera _The Brides of Venice_.

CHEER, BOYS, CHEER (_U.T._ 29)

Words by _Charles Mackay_. _Henry Russell._

Cheer! boys, cheer! no more of idle sorrow--
Courage! true hearts shall bear us on our way,
Hope points before, and shows the bright to-morrow,
Let us forget the darkness of to-day.

One of Russell's most popular songs. He sold the copyright for £3, and shortly afterwards learnt that the publisher had to keep thirty-nine presses at work on it night and day to meet the demand.

COPENHAGEN WALTZ (_D. & S._ 7)

Also known as the _Danish Waltz_.

DEAD MARCH.

From the oratorio _Saul_. _Handel._

See p. 61.

DEATH OF NELSON (_D.C._ 52, _D. & S._ 48, _O.M.F._ iv. 3)

See p. 116.
_J. Braham._

Too well the gallant hero fought,
For England, home, and beauty.

DI PIACER (_S.B.T._ 1)
_Rossini._

A favourite air from the opera _La Gazza Ladra_.

DOWNFALL OF PARIS

See p. 31.

DRAGON OF WANTLEY (_D.C._ 38)

An eighteenth-century popular burlesque opera.

Words by _H. Carey_, music by _Lampe_.

DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES (_O.M.F._ iii. 14)

Words by _Ben Jonson_.

The composer is unknown. The air was originally issued as a glee for three voices.

DUMBLEDUMDEARY (_S.B.S._ 10)

A refrain rarely found in old songs. It occurs in 'Richard of Taunton Dean.' Also (as in the reference) the name of a dance.

EVENING BELLS (_D.C._ 38)

Duet by _G. Alexander Lee_.

Come away, come away, evening bells are ringing,
Sweetly, sweetly; 'tis the vesper hour.

FARE THEE WELL, AND IF FOR EVER (_O.C.S._ 58)

Words by _Byron_.

Included in 'Domestic Pieces.'

Fare thee well, and if for ever,
Still for ever, fare thee well;
Even though unforgiving, never
'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel.

About 1825 the words were set to an air from Mozart's _La Clemenza di Tito_. There are original settings by Parke, S. Webbe, and six other composers.

FILL THE BUMPER FAIR (_N.T._)

Moore's _Irish Melodies_, air 'Bob and Joan.'

FLOW ON, THOU SHINING RIVER (_S.B.T._ 1)

Moore's _National Melodies_.

Said to be a 'Portuguese Air.' The melody has been utilized as a hymn-tune.

FLY, FLY FROM THE WORLD, MY BESSY, WITH ME (_S.B.S._ 2)

Words and music by _T. Moore_.

FOR ENGLAND

See 'Death of Nelson.'

FOR ENGLAND, HOME, AND BEAUTY

See 'Death of Nelson.'

FOR THE PORT OF BARBADOS, BOYS (_D. & S._ 15)

Original (?) See p. 122.

FROM SPORT TO SPORT (_O.C.S._ 58)

From 'Oh no, we never mention her.'

Words by _T.H. Bayly_. _H.R. Bishop._

From sport to sport they hurry me,
To banish my regret;
And when they win a smile from me,
They think that I forget.

GEE UP, DOBBIN (_D.C._ 12)

In the Burney Collection is a tune 'Gee Ho, Dobbin.' Also in _Apollo's Cabinet_, 1757, Vol. II, and _Love in a Village_, 1762. The tune was frequently used for ephemeral songs.

It is doubtful if Dickens would know this song, the title of which has passed into a common phrase.

GLORIOUS APOLLO (_O.C.S._ 13, 56)
_S. Webbe._

The title of this glee probably suggested the name of the 'Glorious Apollers.' See p. 124.

GO WHERE GLORY WAITS THEE (_M.C._ 11)

('Do they often go where glory waits 'em?' _O.C.S._ 58)

Moore's _Irish Melodies_, set to the air 'Maid of the Valley.'

GOD BLESS THE PRINCE OF WALES (_U.T._ 29)

Words by _J. Ceiriog Hughes_. Trans, by G. Linley. _H. Brinley Richards_, 1862.

GOD BLESS YOU, MERRY GENTLEMEN (_C.C._)

Origin unknown. The second word should be 'rest,' and the correct reading is

God rest you merry, gentlemen.

GOD SAVE THE KING (_S.B.S._ 19, &c.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN (_M.C._ 29)

It is unnecessary here to discuss the origin and sources of this air. The form in which we know it is probably due to Henry Carey, and the first recorded public performance was on September 28, 1745.

HAD I A HEART FOR FALSEHOOD FRAMED (_D. & S._ 14)

Words by _R.B. Sheridan_.

Sung by Mr. Leoni (see _Choir_, May, 1912).

In the _Duenna_, 1775. Set to the air now known as 'The Harp that once through Tara's Halls.'

Moore, in his _Irish Melodies_, calls the melody 'Gramachree.'

HAIL COLUMBIA (_M.C._ 13, _A.N._)

Mr. Elson (_National Music of America_) says that the music was originally known as the 'President's March,' probably by a German composer. The words were subsequently adapted to the air by Dr. Joseph Hopkinson.

HARMONIOUS BLACKSMITH (_G.E._ 21)

From Handel's _Suite de Pieces pour le Clavecin_, Set I.

See p. 19.

HAS SHE THEN FAILED IN HER TRUTH (_N.N._ 49)

_Anon._ _H.R. Bishop._

And has she then failed in her truth,
The beautiful maid I adore?
Shall I never again hear her voice,
Nor see her lov'd form any more?

HEART OF OAK (_B.R._ 7, _E.D._ 12, _U.T._ 20, parody)

Words by _D. Garrick_. _W. Boyce._

It is important to notice that the correct title is as given, and not '_Hearts_ of Oak.'

HELM A WEATHER, NOW LAY HER CLOSE (_O.M.F._)

See p. 133.

HOW DOTH THE LITTLE-- (_Ch._)
_Dr. Watts._

See p. 79.

I AM A FRIAR OF ORDERS GREY (_S.B.S._ 8) (_Out of Season_)

Words by _John O'Keefe_. _Wm. Reeve._

Appeared in _Merry Sherwood_, 1795.

I CARE NOT FOR SPRING

See p. 99.

I'D CROWNS RESIGN, TO CALL HER MINE (_D.C._ 25)

'Lass of Richmond Hill.'

Words by _L. MacNally_. _J. Hook._

I'd crowns resign, to call her mine,
Sweet lass of Richmond Hill.

For a long time there was a dispute between the partisans of Surrey and Yorkshire as to which 'Richmond Hill' was referred to. The former county was the favourite for a long time, till a communication in _Notes and Queries_ (10th series iii. p. 290) pulverized its hopes and definitely placed the locality in Yorkshire.

IF I HAD A DONKEY (_O.C.S._ 27)

See p. 95.

IF YOU'LL COME TO THE BOWER (_O.M.F._)

See p. 134.

I'LL TELL THEE HOW THE MAIDEN WEPT (_O.M.F._)

See p. 133.

IN HURRY, POST HASTE FOR A LICENCE (_P.P._ 10)

See p. 90.

I SAW HER AT THE FANCY FAIR (_S.B.T._ 11)

I SAW THY SHOW IN YOUTHFUL PRIME (_O.C.S._ 27)

Moore's _Irish Melodies_, air 'Domhnall.'

I saw thy form in youthful prime,
Nor thought that pale decay
Would steal before the steps of time,
And waste its bloom away, Mary.

ISLE OF THE BRAVE AND LAND OF THE FREE (_M.J._)

Original.

IT MAY LIGHTEN AND STORM (_M.C._ 42)

Possibly from some old ballad opera, but more probably original.

JACK'S DELIGHT (TO) HIS LOVELY NAN (_D.C._ 11)

Words and music by _C. Dibdin_.

From 'Lovely Nan.' Last two lines:

But oh, much sweeter than all these,
Is Jack's delight, his lovely Nan.

JIM CROW (_A.N._)
_Unknown._

See p. 97.

I come from old Kentucky,
A long time ago,
Where I first larn to wheel about,
And jump Jim Crow;
Wheel about and turn about,
And do jis so,
Eb'ry time I wheel about,
I jump Jim Crow.

JOLLY YOUNG WATERMAN (_It._, _P.P._ 33)

Words and music by _C. Dibdin_ in _The Waterman_.

KING DEATH (_B.H._ 33)

Words by _Barry Cornwall_. _Neukomm._

King Death was a rare old fellow,
He sat where no sun could shine,
And he lifted his hand so yellow,
And pour'd out his coal-black wine.
Hurrah for the coal-black wine!

John Leech used to sing 'King Death,' and it was of his voice that Jerrold once remarked, 'I say, Leech, if you had the same opportunity of exercising your voice as you have of using your pencil, how it would _draw_!'

LESBIA HATH A BEAMING EYE (_Letter to Lemon_)

Words by _Moore_.

Set to the delightfully gay air 'Nora Creina.'

Lesbia hath a beaming eye,
But no one knows for whom it beameth,
Right and left its arrows fly,
But what they aim at no one dreameth!

LISTEN TO THE WATERFALL (_B.H._ 32)
_Lord Mornington._

From the glee 'Here in cool grot.'

LITTLE TAFFLINE (_D.C._ 28)

Words by _Prince Hoare_. _S. Storace._

In the opera _Three and The Deuce_, produced in 1806.

See pp. 112, 113.

There is a character 'Little Taffline' in T. Dibdin's _St. David's Day_, music composed and compiled by Attwood. There is another setting said to be 'composed by J. Parry,' but it is merely an altered form of the original.

LOVELY PEG (_D. & S._ 10)

See pp. 117-119.

MARSEILLAISE (_M.C._ 15, _E.D._ 2, _L.D._ 2)

_Rouget de Lisle._

For brief history see _The Choir_ (Nov., 1911)

MASANIELLO (_S.B.T._ 9)

Opera by _Auber_.

See p. 26.

MAY WE NE'ER WANT A FRIEND (_D. & S._ 15)

See 'When the first dawn of reason.'

MEN OF PROMETHEUS (_S.B.T._ 9)

See p. 26.

This was the name given to the first edition of Beethoven's ballet music to _Prometheus_, composed in 1800.

MISS WACKLES, I BELIEVED YOU TRUE (_O.C.S._ 8)

'Mary, I believed thee true,' _Moore_ (one of his 'Juvenile Poems').

Mary, I believed thee true,
And I was blest in so believing,
But now I mourn that e'er I knew
A girl so fair and so deceiving!

It has been suggested that these words were adapted and sung to the Scotch air 'Gala Water.'

MY BOAT IS ON THE SHORE (_G.S._) (_D.C._ 54, _Letters_)

Words by _Lord Byron_. _Bishop._

See p. 12.

Also set by W. Cratherne.

MY FEELINGS I SMOTHER (_O.C.S._ 36)

See 'We met.'

MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS (_O.C.S._ 2, _S.B.S._ 2)

Words partly by _Burns_.

In Captain Fraser's _Airs Peculiar to the Scottish Highlands_, 1816.

There is a parody by Dickens (see Forster's _Life_, ch. 8).

NEVER LEAVE OFF DANCING (_D.C._ 41)

Said to be the subject of a French song.

NO MALICE TO DREAD, SIR (_O.M.F._)

See p. 134.

NON NOBIS (_S.B.S._ 19)

This celebrated canon, by Byrd, has been performed at public dinners from time immemorial. It also used to be performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.

NOW'S THE DAY, AND NOW'S THE HOUR (_D.C._ 54)

Verse 2 of 'Scots, Wha Hae' (_Burns_).

Now's the day, and now's the hour,
See the front o' battle lour,
See approach proud Edward's power,
Chains and slaverie.

OF ALL THE GIRLS THAT ARE SO SMART (_O.C.S._ 50)

Words and music by _Henry Carey_.

Carey composed his melody in 1715. It soon became popular, but owing to the similarity of certain phrases to those of an older tune known as 'The Country Lass,' the two gradually got mixed up, with the result that the latter became the recognized setting.

OFF SHE GOES (_S.B.T._ 7)

A once popular dance air.

OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT (_S.B.S._ 13)

From T. Moore's _National Airs_, set to an air possibly of Scotch origin. There are also settings by Stevenson and Hullah.

OH BLAME NOT THE BARD (_O.C.S._ 35)

Words by _T. Moore_.

In _Irish Melodies_. Set to the tune 'Kitty Tyrrel.'

OH GIVE ME BUT MY ARAB STEED (_O.C.S._ 21)

Words by _T.H. Bayly_. _G.A. Hodson._

Written in 1828. Sung by Braham.

Oh give me but my Arab steed,
My prince defends his right,
And I will to the battle speed,
To guard him in the fight.

OH CHEERILY, CHEERILY (_D. & S._ 32)

Original, but a refrain similar to this is not uncommon in old sea songs.

OH LADY FAIR (_G.E._ 13)

Trio by _Moore_.

See 'Strew then, O strew.'

OH LET US LOVE OUR OCCUPATIONS (_Ch._)

Original lines by Dickens. 'Set to music on the new system,' probably refers to Hullah's method (c. 1841), or possibly the Tonic Sol-fa (c. 1843), see p. 17.

OH LANDSMEN ARE FOLLY (_H.R._)

Original.

OLD CLEM (_G.E._ 12, 15)

A custom prevailed at Chatham of holding a procession on St. Clement's day, and the saint, who was irreverently designated 'Old Clem,' was personated by a young smith disguised for the occasion.

Dickens frequently writes a verse in the form of prose, and this is an example. Written out properly, it reads thus:

Hammer boys round--Old Clem,
With a thump and a sound--Old Clem,
Beat it out, beat it out--Old Clem,
With a cluck for the stout--Old Clem,
Blow the fire, blow the fire--Old Clem,
Roaring drier, soaring higher--Old Clem.

OLD KING COLE (_O.C.S._ 58, _P.P._ 36)

The personality of this gentleman has never been settled. Chappell suggests he was 'Old Cole,' a cloth-maker of Reading _temp._ Henry I. Wardle's carol 'I care not for spring' (_P.P._ 36) was adapted to this air, and printed in How's _Illustrated Book of British Song_.

OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY (_Dr. M._, _M.C._ 36)

An old saying, both in song and as a phrase. It occurs in two songs in D'Urfey's _Pills to Purge Melancholy_, 1709, one of which is,

Tom he was a piper's son,
He learned to play when he was young;
But all the tune that he could play
Was over the hills and far away.
(Vol. iv.)

Doctor Marigold's version is probably original:

North and South and West and East,
Winds liked best and winds liked least,
Here and there and gone astray,
Over the hills and far away.

OVER THE WATER TO CHARLIE (_O.C.S._ 27)

Tune in Johnson's _Musical Museum_, Vol. II, 1788.

Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er,
Come boat me o'er to Charlie,
I'll gie John Brown another half-crown,
To boat me o'er to Charlie;
We'll o'er the water, we'll o'er the sea,
We'll o'er the water to Charlie,
Come weal, come woe, we'll gather and go,
And live or die wi' Charlie.

Another Jacobite song was the cause of an amusing incident at Edinburgh. On the occasion of one of his visits there Dickens went to the theatre, and he and his friends were much amazed and amused by the orchestra playing 'Charlie is my darling' amid tumultuous shouts of delight.

PAUL AND VIRGINIA (_S.B.T._ 7, _L.D._ 13)
_J. Mazzinghi._

The popular duet from this opera 'See from ocean rising' was sung by Mr. Johnstone and Mr. Incledon. See p. 91.

POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON (_B.R._ 24)

An old country dance.

RED RUFFIAN, RETIRE! (_S.B.C._ 8)

Probably an imaginary title, invented by Dickens.

RULE BRITANNIA (_D. & S._ 4, 39, _U.T._ 2, _M.C._ 11, 17, _A.N._, _D.C._ 8)

Words by _Thomson_ or _Mallet_. _Arne._

First appeared in print at the end of the masque _The Judgement of Paris_, but it was composed for the masque of _Alfred_, which was first performed on August 1, 1740. See _Musical Times_, April, 1900.

SALLY IN OUR ALLEY

See 'Of all the girls.'

SATAN FINDS SOME MISCHIEF STILL (_D.C._ 16)

See p. 80.
_Dr. Watts._

SEE FROM OCEAN RISING (_S.B.T._ 7)

See _Paul and Virginia_.

SHE'S ALL MY FANCY PAINTED HER (_O.C.S._ 7)

('Alice Gray.')

See 'Yet lov'd I.'

SHE'S LIKE THE RED, RED ROSE (_O.C.S._ 8)

Burns revised the words from an old song.

The music is in _Caledonian Pocket Companion_, Bk. VII, 1754, under the name 'Low Down in the Broom.'

SHIVERY SHAKEY, AIN'T IT COLD (_Dr. M._)

See p. 94.

SINCE LAWS WERE MADE FOR EVERY DEGREE (_O.C.S._ 66, _L.D._ ii. 12)

TYBURN TREE.

Since laws were made for ev'ry degree
To curb vice in others as well as me,
I wonder we han't better company
Upon Tyburn Tree.

From _Beggar's Opera_. Words by _Gay_.

Set to the tune of 'Greensleeves,' which dates from 1580. This tune is twice mentioned by Shakespeare in _The Merry Wives of Windsor_. An earlier 'Tyburn' version is a song entitled 'A Warning to False Traitors,' which refers to the execution of six people at 'Tyborne' on August 30, 1588.

SINCE THE FIRST DAWN OF REASON
_J. Davy._

See p. 120.

SONG ABOUT A SPARKLING BOWL (_Ch._)

There are several songs of this nature, such as 'The Flowing Bowl' ('Fill the bowl with sparkling nectar'). Another began 'Fill, fill the bowl with sparkling wine.'

SONG ABOUT THE SLUMBERING ECHOES IN THE CAVERN OF MEMORY (_D.C._ 33)

Not at present traced.

STREW THEN, OH STREW A BED OF RUSHES (_O.C.S._ 65)

Words and music by _Moore_.

From the glee 'Holy be the Pilgrim's Sleep,' which is a sequel to 'Oh Lady Fair' (q.v.).

Moore wrote two inane songs, entitled 'Holy be the Pilgrim's Sleep' and 'Oh Lady Fair.' For both pilgrim and lady arrangements are made for spending the night somewhere, and in each song occur the words

Strew then, oh strew his [our] bed of rushes,
Here he shall [we must] rest till morning blushes.

TAMAROO (_M.C._ 32)

Said to be taken from an English ballad in which it is supposed to express the bold and fiery nature of a certain hackney coachman.

According to _Notes and Queries_ (x. 1), this was sung at Winchester School some seventy or eighty years ago.

The following is quoted as the first verse:

Ben he was a coachman rare
('Jarvey! Jarvey!' 'Here I am, yer honour'),
Crikey! how he used to swear!
How he'd swear, and how he'd drive,
Number two hundred and sixty-five.
Tamaroo! Tamaroo! Tamaroo!

Dr. Sweeting, the present music-master at Winchester, says, 'The song "Tamaroo" is quite unknown here now, and if it was sung here seventy or eighty years ago, I should imagine that that was only because it was generally well known. Dickens' allusion to it seems to suggest that it was a song he had heard, and he utilized its character to label one of his characters in his own fanciful way.'

TARRY TROUSERS (_D. & S._ 39)

An old folk-song. A mother wants her daughter to marry a tailor, and not wait for her sailor bold, telling her that it is quite time she was a bride. The daughter says:

My mother wants me to wed with a tailor,
And not give me my heart's delight,
But give me the man with the tarry trousers,
That shine to me like diamonds bright.

TELL ME, SHEPHERDS (_E.D._ 2)
_Mazzinghi._

Glee. 'Ye Shepherds, tell me' (or 'The Wreath').

THE BRAVE OLD OAK (_S.B.S._ 2.)

Words by _H.F. Chorley_. _E.J. Loder._

A song for the oak, the brave old oak,
Who hath ruled in the greenwood long;
Here's health and renown to his broad green crown,
And his fifty arms so strong!

THE BULL IN THE CHINA SHOP

See p. 111.

THE CHERUB THAT SITS UP ALOFT (_U.T._ 5)

From 'Poor Jack.' _C. Dibdin._

For d'ye see, there's a cherub sits smiling aloft
To keep watch for the life of Poor Jack.

(_Last two lines of verse 3._)

THE CORDIAL THAT SPARKLED FOR HELEN (_O.C.S._ 61)

Moore's _Irish Melodies_.

THE DASHING WHITE SERGEANT (_D.C._ 28)

Words by _General Burgoyne_. _H.R. Bishop._

If I had a beau, for a soldier who'd go,
Do you think I'd say no? No, no, not I.

THE GAY, THE GAY AND FESTIVE SEASON (_O.M.F._)

See 'The Light Guitar.'

THE GREAT SEA SNAKE

Set to the air 'Rampant Moll.'

Perhaps you have all of you heard of a yarn
Of a famous large sea snake,
That once was seen off the Isle Pitcairn
And caught by Admiral Blake.

See p. 16.

THE IVY GREEN (_P.P._ 6.)

Words by _Dickens_. The most popular musical setting is that by _Henry Russell_.

THE LIGHT GUITAR (_S.B.T._ 1, _O.C.S._)
_Barnett._

Oh leave the gay and festive scene,
The halls of dazzling light,
And rove with me through forests green
Beneath the silent night.

THE MILLER OF THE DEE (_O.M.F._ ii. 1)

Words, c. 1762. Tune, 1728.

Referring to a disused boiler and a great iron wheel, Dickens says they are

Like the Miller of questionable jollity in the song.
They cared for Nobody, no not they, and Nobody cared
for them.

The air is found in _The Quaker's Opera_, 1728.

THE RATCATCHER'S DAUGHTER (_Out of Season_)

See p. 98.

THE SEVEN AGES (_S.B.S._ 14)

See pp. 91, 92.

THE SOLDIER, TIRED (_S.B.C._ 4)
_Arne._

Dr. Arne translated the words from the _Artaserse_ of Metastasio. This song was the great 'show song' for sopranos for many years. It was originally sung by Miss Brent.

The soldier, tired of war's alarms,
Forswears the clang of hostile arms,
And scorns the spear and shield;
But if the brazen trumpet sound,
He burns with conquest to be crowned,
And dares again the field.

THE WOODPECKER TAPPING (_D.C._ 36, _L.D._ 35, _S.B.T._ 1, _M.C._ 25)

Words by _Moore_. _M. Kelly._

Every leaf was at rest, and I heard not a sound
But the woodpecker tapping the hollow beech-tree.

THE YOUNG MAY MOON

See p. 131.

THEN FAREWELL, MY TRIM-BUILT WHERRY (_O.M.F._)

See p. 133.

THERE LET 'EM BE, MERRY AND FREE, TOOR-RUL-LAL-LA (_O.C.S._ 56)

Probably original.

THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT, TO MEMORY DEAR (_D. & S._ 48)

Words and music by _G. Linley_.

Tho' lost to sight, to mem'ry dear
Thou ever wilt remain,
One only hope my heart can cheer:
The hope to meet again.

THROWN ON THE WIDE WORLD (_O.M.F._)

See p. 133.

TIME OF DAY (_S.B.C._ 8)

See p. 92.

'TIS THE VOICE OF THE SLUGGARD (_M.C._ 9)
_Dr. Watts._

'TWAS EVER THUS FROM CHILDHOOD'S HOUR (_O.C.S._ 56, _D.C._ 38)

('Oh ever,' &c.)

Words by _Moore_.

From 'Lalla Rookh.' Has been set to music by S. Glover, E. Souper, and Verini.

VILLIKENS AND HIS DINAH

Sung by Mr. Robson and by S. Cowell.

Composer unknown. A very popular song 1850-1860.

It's of a liquor merchant who in London did dwell,
He had but one darter, a beautiful gal.
Her name it was Dinah, just sixteen years old,
And she had a large fortune in silver and gold.
To my too-ral-lal loo-ral-li loo-ral-li-day.

WAPPING OLD STAIRS (_U.T._ 3)
_J. Percy._

WEEP FOR THE HOUR (_O.M.F._)

See p. 133.

WE MET (_O.C.S._ 36, _S.B.T._ 11)
_T.H. Bayly._

The story of a girl who was compelled by her mother to jilt her true love and marry some one else. The story ends with the words misquoted by Swiveller:

The world may think me gay,
For my feelings I smother--
Oh! _thou_ hast been the cause
Of this anguish, my mother!

WE'RE A'NODDIN' (_B.H._ 39)

_Anonymous._

A once popular Scotch song.

O we're a' noddin, nid nid noddin,
O we're a' noddin at our house at home;
How's o' wi' ye, kimmer? And how do ye thrive,
And how many bairns hae ye now? Bairns I hae five.

WE WON'T GO HOME TILL MORNING (_P.P._ 7)

Said in the _London Singer's Magazine_ (c. 1839) to be written and composed by C. Blondel ('adapted and arranged' might be more correct). The tune is founded on an air known as Malbrough, or Malbrook, which originated during the Duke of Marlborough's campaign, 1704-1709, known as 'The War of the Spanish Succession.'

WHAT ARE THE WILD WAVES SAYING?

Words by _J.E. Carpenter_. _Stephen Glover._

This duet was founded upon the question little Paul Dombey asks his sister:

I want to know what it says--the sea, Floy, what is
it that it keeps on saying?

WHEN HE WHO ADORES THEE (_O.C.S._ 35)

Words by _Moore_.

In _Irish Melodies_ to the air 'The Fox's Sleep.'

WHEN I WENT TO LUNNON TOWN, SIRS (_G.E._ 15)

Probably original. The nearest I have found to it is--

THE ASTONISHED COUNTRYMAN, OR,
A BUSTLING PICTURE OF LONDON.

When first I came to London Town,
How great was my surprise,
Thought I, the world's turned upside down,
Such wonders met my eyes.

And in _The Universal Songster_--

When I arrived in London Town,
I got my lesson pat, &c.

WHEN IN DEATH I SHALL CALM RECLINE

Moore's _Irish Melodies_.

In 1833 Dickens wrote a travesty called _O' Thello_, in which is a humorous solo of eight lines, to be sung to the air to which the above is set.

WHEN LOVELY WOMAN STOOPS TO FOLLY (_O.C.S._ 56)

'Do my pretty Olivia,' cried she, 'let us have that
little melancholy air your papa was so fond of;
your sister Sophy has already obliged us. Do, child,
it will please your old father.' She complied in a
manner so exquisitely pathetic, as moved me.

When lovely woman stoops to folly,
And finds, too late, that men betray,
What charm can soothe her melancholy?
What art can wash her guilt away?

(Goldsmith's _Vicar of Wakefield_, ch. xxiv.)

WHEN THE HEART OF A MAN (_D.C._ 24, _O.M.F._ iii. 14)

Words by _Gay_ (_Beggar's Opera_). Set to a seventeenth-century air.

If the heart of a man is depressed with care,
The mist is dispelled when a woman appears,
Like the notes of a fiddle she sweetly, sweetly
Raises our spirits and charms our ears.

WHEN THE STORMY WINDS (_D.C._ 21, _D. & S._ 23)

Words by _Campbell_, who may have taken them from an earlier source. See 'You Gentlemen of England.'

WHITE SAND (_L.D._ i. 32)

An old glee. See p. 106.

WHO PASSES BY THIS ROAD SO LATE (_L.D._ i. 1)

(Blandois' Song.)

Words by _C. Dickens_. _H.R.S. Dalton._

An old French children's singing game. Dickens' words are a literal translation. See _Eighty Singing Games_ (Kidson and Moffat).

WHO RAN TO CATCH ME WHEN I FELL (_O.C.S._ 38)

From Ann Taylor's nursery song 'My Mother.'

WIFE SHALL DANCE AND I WILL SING, SO MERRILY PASS THE DAY

From 'Begone, dull care' (q.v.).

WILL WATCH, THE BOLD SMUGGLER (_Out of Season_)
_John Davy._

YANKEE DOODLE (_U.T._, _A.N._)

Mr. F. Kidson has traced this to 'A selection of Scotch, English, Irish, and Foreign Airs,' published in Glasgow by James Aird, c. 1775 or 1776.

YET LOV'D I AS MAN NE'ER LOVED (_O.C.S._ 50)

Words by _William Mee_. _Millard._

From 'Alice Gray.'

She's all my fancy painted her,
She's lovely, she's divine,
But her heart it is another's,
It never can be mine.
Yet lov'd I as ne'er man loved,
A love without decay,
Oh my heart, my heart is breaking,
For the love of _Alice Gray_!

'Alice Gray.' A ballad, sung by Miss Stephens, Miss Palon, and Miss Grant. Composed and inscribed to Mr. A. Pettet by Mrs. Philip Millard.

Published by A. Pettet, Hanway Street.

YOU GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND (_D. & S._ 23)

Old English Ballad.

A seventeenth-century song, the last line of each verse being 'When the stormy winds do blow.'

YOUNG LOVE LIVED ONCE (_S.B.S._ 20)

In _Sketches by Boz_ this sentence occurs:

'When we say a "shed" we do not mean the conservatory
kind of building which, according to the old song,
Love frequented when a young man.'

The song referred to is by T. Moore.

Young love lived once in a humble shed,
Where roses breathing,
And woodbines wreathing,
Around the lattice their tendrils spread,
As wild and sweet as the life he led.

It is one of the songs in _M.P., or The Blue-Stocking_, a comic opera in three acts.

INDEX OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Accordion, 1, 2
Aeolian Harp, 10

Bagpipes, 5, 44
Banjo, [20]
Barrel-Organ, 5, 6, 10, 50, 53, 78
Bassoon, 43
Bells (church) 55, 57
Bells (various), 23, 57, 61, 66

Castanets, 56
'Chaunter,' 109
Chin-playing, 62
Clarionet, 42, 43
Cymbals, 3, 56, 64

Drum, 23, 64, 66, 110
'Drums,' 109

Fiddle, see Violin
Fife, 44, 63, 85
Flageolet, 67
Flute, 6, 25, 26, 36, 37-40, 45

Guitar, 37, 54, 55, 62
'Gum-gum,' 63

Harmonium, 63
Harp, 6, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 64
Harpsichord, 33, 47

Jew's-harp, 57

Key Bugle (or Kent Bugle), 2, 3, 65, 66, 87
Kit, 27

Lute, 55

Marrowbones and Cleaver, 23, 66, 67
Mouth-organ, 67

Organ, 45-50, 52, 69-72

Pan's Pipes, 43, 67
Piano, 1, 6, 25-29, 31-35, 74, 76
Piano ('self acting'), 48

Recorders, 64

Serpent, 63

Tambourine, 25, 43, 56, 62
Tom-tom, 62
Triangle, 41, 43, 68
Trombone, 43, 67

Violin, 1, 2, 5, 6, 23-29, 47, 64
Violoncello, 6, 25, 29, 44

INDEX OF CHARACTERS

Antonio (_U.T._), 54
Atherfield, Mrs. (_G.M._), 78

Bagnet, Mrs. (_B.H._), 113
Bagnet (_B.H._), 43, 85
Bagnet, Master (_B.H._), 44, 85
Bailey, Jr. (_M.C._), 59, 89
Banjo Bones (_U.T._ 5), 20
Belinda (_M.H.C._), 61
Billsmethi (_S.B.C._ 9), 20
Blackpool, S. (_H.T._), 59
Blandois (_L.D._), 17
Blathers (_O.T._), 56
Blimber, Dr. (_D.C._), 53, 58
Boffin (_O.M.F._), 133
Bounderby (_H.T._), 56
Brass, Sally (_O.C.S._), 103, 128
Brass, Sampson (_O.C.S._), 27, 40, 78, 102, 128
Briggses, Miss (_S.B.T._ 7), 54, 62
Browdie, John (_N.N._), 101
Brown, Mr. (_S.B.T._ 9), [26]
Bucket (_B.H._), 29, 43, 44, 64, 85, 112
Bunsby (_L.D._), 121

Carker, Harriet (_D. & S._), 40
Carker, James (_D. & S._), 28, 59
Casby (_L.D._), 53
Chadband, Rev. (_B.H._), 74
Cheggs (_O.C.S._), 126
Chivery, Young (_L.D._), 55
Chuckster (_O.C.S._), 125
Chuzzlewit, Jonas (_M.C._), 41, 59
Chuzzlewit, Martin (_M.C._), 102
Chuzzlewit, M., Jr., 46, 66, 84, 86
Clennam, Arthur (_L.D._), 49, 59, 90
Copperfield, David (_D.C._), 30, 33, 36, 55, 80, 84, 102, 112, 115
Crewler, Sophy (_D.C._), 33
Crisparkle, Rev. (_E.D._), 74, 107
Crumptons, Miss (_S.B.T._ 3), 20
Cuttle, Capt. (_D. & S._), 7, 18, 83, 84, 89, 117-123

Daisy, Solomon (_B.R._), 73
Dartle, Rosa (_D.C._), 30
Dick, Mr. (_D.C._), 110
Dombey, Mr. (_D. & S._), 6, 31, 67
Dombey, Florence (_D. & S._), 89, 101, 118, 120, 121
Dombey, Paul (_D. & S._), 30, 36, 53, 58, 101
Dorrit, E. (_L.D._), 109
Dorrit, F. (_L.D._), 42, 49
Dorrit, W. (_L.D._), 34
Dorrit, Miss (_L.D._), 42
Dorrit, Little (_L.D._), 42
Dowler (_P.P._), 60
Drood, E. (_E.D._), 75
Durdles (_E.D._), 18, 76

Evans, Jemima (_S.B.C._ 4), 16, 48
Evans, Mr. (_S.B.T._ 9), 39
Evenson (_S.B.T._ 1), 40

Fagin (_O.T._), 59
Feeder (_D. & S._), 36, 52, 53, 66
Fezziwig, Mrs. (_C.C._), 25
Fielding, May (_C.H._), 66
Finching, Flora (_L.D._), 49, 90, 117
Fips (_M.C._), 102

Gamp, Mrs. (_M.C._), 57
Gattleton, Mrs. (_S.B.T._ 9), 25, 39
Gay, Walter (_D. & S._), 84, 120, 121
General, Mrs. (_L.D._), 131
George, Mr. (_B.H._), 29, 44, 61
Gills ('Old Sol') (_D. & S._), 120
Graham, Mary (_M.C._), 47

Handel (_G.E._), see Pirrip
Hardy (_S.B.T._ 7), 62, 63
Harleigh (_S.B.T._ 9), 9
Harris, Mrs. (_M.C._), 57
Heep (_D.C._), 80, 116
Helves, Capt. (_S.B.T._ 7), 62, 90, 103
Hexham (_O.M.F._), 44
Hopkins, 135
Humm (_P.P._), 78
Humphrey, Master (_M.H.C._), 61
Hunter, Mrs. (_P.P._)

Jacksonini (_Letters_), 20
Jarley, Mrs. (_O.C.S._), 95
Jasper (_E.D._), 34, 74, 75, 107
Jeddler (_B.L._), 26
Jellyby, Caddy (_B.H._), 27, 33
Jerry (_O.C.S._), 52, 78
Jingle (_P.P._), 25, 29, 90
Jorgan (_P.P._), 47

Kenwigs, Mrs. (_N.N._), 41, 131
Kit, see Nubbles

Ladle, Joey (_N.T._), 77
Larkins, Miss (_D.C._), 30
Lirriper, Mrs. (_L.L._), 56, 70
Lobskini (_S.B.T._ 3), 20

M'Choakumchild (_H.T._), 130
Malderton, Miss (_S.B.T._ 5), 31, 107
Maldon, Jack (_D.C._)
Mantalini (_N.N._), 60
Marchioness, The (_O.C.S._), 38, 123, 128, 129
Marigold, Dr., 93
Marra Boni (_S.B.C._ 8), 20
Meagles (_L.D._), 86
Meagles, Miss ('Pet'), 77
Mell (_D.C._), 36, 117
Micawber (_D.C._), 41, 83, 112-117
Micawber, Mrs. (_D.C._), 112, 113, 117
Micawber, W. (_D.C._), 117
Miggs, Miss (_B.R._), 56
Mills, Miss (_D.C._), 102
Monflathers, Mrs. (_O.C.S._), 79
Mordlin, Brother (_P.P._), 78
Morfin (_D. & S._), 27, 28, 29, 41

Namby, Mrs. (_P.P._), 33
Nancy (_O.T._), 39
Nandy (_L.D._), 105, 106
Nell, Little (_O.C.S._), 79, 101
Nickleby (_N.N._), 58, 100
Noggs (_N.N._), 60
Nubbles ('Kit') (_O.C.S._), 27, 129

Obenreizer (_N.T._), 14
'Old Clem,' 151
'Old Sol,' see Gills

Pancks (_L.D._), vii, 53, 106
Pecksniff (_M.C._), 7, 41, 46
Pecksniffs, Miss (_M.C._), 38, 89, 101, 108
Peerybingle, Mrs. (_C.H._), 79
'Pet,' see Meagles, Miss
Petowker, Miss (_N.N._), 41
Phenomenon, The (_N.N._), 24
Pickleson (_Dr. M._), 20, 93
Pickwick, Mr. (_P.P._), 27, 33, 34, 60, 100
Pinch, Tom (_M.C._), 46, 47, 59, 60, 72 (&c.)
Pirrip ('Pip' or 'Handel'), 19, 108
Pip (_G.E._), see Pirrip
Plornish, Mrs. (_L.D._), 105, 106
Plornish, Mr. (_L.D._), 106
Plummer (_C.H._), 64
Pocket, Herbert (_G.E._), 19

Quilp (_O.C.S._), 103, 127

Redburn, Jack (_M.H.C._), 38
Rob the Grinder (_D. & S._), 123
Rudolph, Jennings (_S.B.C._ 8), 68

Sapsea, Mr. (_E.D._), 18, 76
Sawyer, Bob (_P.P._), 59, 100
Scrooge (_C.C._), 30
Scrooge's Nephew (_C.C._), 30, 107
Simpson (_P.P._), 109
Skettles, Lady (_D. & S._), 30
Skewton, Hon. Mrs. (_D. & S._), 31
Skimpole (_B.H._), 33, 131
Smike (_N.N._), 58
Sparkins (_S.B.T._ 5), 31, 107
Spenlow, Dora (_D.C._) 33, 55, 102
Squeers (_N.N._), 36, 100
Steerforth (_D.C._) 30
Stiggins (_P.P._), 74
Strong, Dr. (_D.C._) 45, 80
Summerson, Esther (_B.H._), 29
Sweedlepipe (_M.C._), 59
Swills, Little (_B.H._), 107
Swiveller, Dick (_O.C.S._), 12, 27, 37, 78, 83, 123-130

Tackleton (_C.H._), 65, 66
Tapley, Mark (_M.C._), 73, 84, 86, 102
Tappertit (_B.R._), 25
Tauntons, Miss (_S.B.T._ 7), 54, 90
Tetterby Family (_H.M._), 79
Tibbs, Mrs. (_S.B.T._ 1), 40
Timson, Rev. (_S.B.T._ 10), 29
Tiny Tim (_C.C._), 101
Tippin, Mrs. (_S.B.T._ 4), 62
Tippin, Master (_S.B.T._ 4), 62
Todgers, Mrs. (_M.C._), 89, 108
Tomlinson (_D. & S._), 67
Toots (_D.C._), 37
Topper (_C.C._), 103
Tottle, Watkins (_S.B.T._ 10), 59
Tox, Miss (_D. & S._), 33
Tpschoffki (_G.S._), 20, 51
Traddles (_D.C._), 33
Trotter, Job (_P.P._), 80
Trotwood, Miss (_D.C._), 50
Tulrumble (_M.P._), 51
Tupman (_P.P._), 25
Turveydrop (_B.H._), 29
Twist, Oliver (_O.T._), 39

Varden, Mrs. (_B.R._)
Veck, Toby ('Trotty') (_Ch._), 23, 50, 66
Velasco, Rinaldo di, see Pickleson

Wackles, Sophy (_O.C.S._), 37, 125-128
Wardle (_P.P._), 99
Wegg, Silas (_O.M.F._), 132-134
Weller, Mr. (_P.P._), 34
Weller, Sam (_P.P._), 34, 73 (&c.), 99, 100
Wickfield (_D.C._), 80
Wilding (_N.T._), 77
Wilfer (_O.M.F._), 61, 96
Wilkins (_S.B.C._), 48
Willet, Joe (_B.R._), 73
Wisbottle (_S.B.T._ 1), 40
Wopsle (_G.E._), 64, 72, 108

GENERAL INDEX

Allon, Dr., 81
Arne, Dr., 16, 77, 153, 157
Attwood, T., 114
Auber, 3

Barnett, J., 157
Bath, 60
Bayly, T.H., 130, 159
Bedford (singer), 91
Beethoven, 21, 148
_Beggar's Opera_, 135, 153, 161
_Bell's Life in London_, 92
'Belmont' (Hymn-tune), 98
Benedict, Sir J., 140
Bishop, Sir H., 12, 14, 138, 142, 144, 148, 156
Blamire, S., 136
Blondel, C., 159
Boai, M., 62
Boston (U.S.A.), 7, 32
Bowden, 1
Boyce, W., 144
Braham (singer), 15, 116, 136, 140
Bridge, Sir F., 99, 139
Broadstairs, 5, 9, 10
Buckingham (singer), 92
Burgoyne, 156
Burns, 137, 149, 153
Byrd, 149
Byron, 12, 141

Campbell, 11, 161
Carey, H., 141, 143, 149
Carpenter, J.E., 160
Carrara, 4
Chappell, W., 151
'Chaunter,' 109
Cherry, Andrew, 137
_Choir_, The, 18, 87
Chopin, 2
Chorley, H., 12, 21
Clapham, 67
_Clari_, 14
Collins, Wilkie, 11
Cowell (singer), 139
Curwen, John, 17

_Daily News_, The, 16, 20
Dalton, H.R.S., 17, 161
Davies, Rev. R., 82
Davy, J., 120, 137, 154, 162
Dibdin, C., 88, 115, 119, 133, 139, 146, 156
Dibdin, C., Jr., 111
Dibdin, T., 114, 147
Dover, 5
'Drums,' 109
D'Urfey, 151

'Eagle,' The, 24, 27, 47, 48
'Elephant and Castle,' The, 43
Elson, C., 144

Fairburn (song publisher), 9, 89, 121
Field, J.T., 8
Forster, J., 1, 5, 9, 24, 58, 82
Foundling Hospital, 77

Garrick, D., 144
Gay, 153, 161
Genoa, 5, 72
Gissing, 46
Glindon, 48
Glover, S., 158, 160
Golden Square, 6
Goldsmith, 161
Gounod, 2
Greene, M., 77
Grimaldi, 111

Hamilton, Mrs. E., 134
Handel, 21, 45, 48, 74, 77, 140, 144
Haydn, 77
Hoare, Prince, 113
Hodson, G.A., 150
Hook, J., 145
Horn, C.E., 135
_Household Words_, 19, 80-82
Howell, 48
Hughes, J.C., 143
Hullah, 15, 17, 130, 150
Hutchinson Family, 13

Incledon, 91, 152
_Irish Melodies_, 7, 8, 88, 129, 131, 142 et seq.

Jonson, Ben, 141
Jerrold, D., 3
Joachim, 13
Julian, Dr., 81

Kelly, M., 158
Kent (composer), 77
Kidson, Mr. F., 137, 139, 161, 162
Kitton, F.G., 1, 7, 15

Lampe, J.F., 141
Landor, 10
Lang, A., 72
Lee, G.A., 133, 141
Leech, J., 23
Lemon, Mark, 11
Leveridge, R., 139
Lind, Jenny, 3
Linley, G., 121, 143, 158
Lisle, Rouget de, 148
_Little Warbler_, 9, 89, 121
Loder, E.J., 155
_London Oddities_, 92
_London Singer's Magazine_, 18, 159
Luard-Selby, B., 75

Macdermott, 94
Maclise, 12
Mallet, 153
Mann, Dr. A.H., 109
Marseilles, 86
Marshalsea, 34
Martin's Act, 96
Mazzinghi, 152, 155
Mendelssohn, 2, 77
Meyerbeer, 3
Millard, Mrs., 162
Miller, Rev. J., 81
Moffat, J., 161
Moore, T., 7, 12, 133, 134, 142 et seq.
Mornington, Lord, 147
Mozart, 2, 21, 48, 77, 137, 141
_Musical Times_, The, 153

Neukomm, 147
Norwich Festival, 109
'Number Four Collection,' 80

Offenbach, 2

Panormo, 138
Parke, 141
Parr, Miss, 81
Parry, J., 133
Parsons, 48
Peel, Sir R., 96
Percy, J., 159
'Phiz,' 47
Power, Miss, 10
_Prentice's Warbler_, 89
Procter, A., 80
Purcell, 77, 139

Rainforth, Miss, 15
Reeve, W., 111, 145
Rice, T.D., 97
Richards, Brinley, 143
Robson (singer), 159
Rochester, 43, 75
Rossini, 141
Royal Academy of Music, 21
Russell, Henry, 140, 156
Russell, Lord John, 3

St. Clement Danes, 70
St. Peter's, Rome, 72
Seven Dials, 9
Shakespeare, 154
Sheridan, R.B., 144
Shield, 137
Stanfell's Budget, 89
Storace, S., 113, 147
Souper, E., 158
Sweeting, Dr., 155

Thomson, 153
Tonic Sol-Fa, 17, 150

Vauxhall Gardens, 24, 91, 104
Verini, 158
Vicar of Wakefield, 161

Watts, Dr., 7, 78, 79, 80, 145, 153, 158
Webbe, S., 141, 143
Wellington House Academy, 1
White Conduit gardens, 24, 93
Williams, Dr. V., 122
Wills, 21

A LIST OF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

ASSOCIATED WITH DICKENS AND WITH THE CHARACTERS IN HIS NOVELS

_All these pieces are in the possession of Mr. W. Miller, Librarian of the Dickens Fellowship_

Songs in the VILLAGE COQUETTES. Words by _Charles Dickens_. Music by _Hullah_.

THE IVY GREEN. Song. Words by _Charles Dickens_. Music by _Mrs. Henry Dale_.

THE IVY GREEN. Song. Music by _A. De Belfer_.

THE IVY GREEN. Song. Music by W. _Lovell Phillips_.

THE IVY GREEN. Song. Music by _Henry Russell_.

(This song has been published by almost every music
publisher in London and America.)

Introduction and familiar variations on THE IVY GREEN arranged for the pianoforte by _Ricardo Linter_.

Russell's Song THE IVY GREEN, with introduction and variations for the pianoforte by _Stephen Glover_.

THE IVY GREEN as a vocal duet. Music by _Henry Russell_.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Words by _Charles Dickens_. Music by _Henry Russell_.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Words by _Charles Dickens_. Music by _Henry Russell_ to the tune of OLD KING COLE.

BOLD TURPIN. Words by _Charles Dickens_. Music by _Sir J.F. Bridge_.

PICKWICK. Set to Music by _George L. Jeune_. Words by _George Soane_.

THE WERY LAST OBSERVATIONS OF WELLER SENIOR TO BOZ ON HIS DEPARTURE FROM LONDON. Written and sung by _J.M. Field, Esq._ Adapted to an old air. Boston, 1842.

THE ORIGINAL SET OF PICKWICK QUADRILLES. Edited by _'Boz' Junior_.

SAM WELLER'S ADVENTURES. Reprinted in _The Life and Times of James Catnach_.

GABRIEL GRUB. Cantata Seria Buffa. Adapted by _Frederick Wood_. Music by _George Fox_.

PICKWICK TARANTELLE.

MR. STIGGINS. Song. Maliciously written and composed by '_Tony Weller_.'

THE PICKWICK QUADRILLE. Composed by _Fred Revallin_.

THE PICKWICK LANCERS. Composed by _Camille D'Aubert_.

PICKWICK. Songs and Dances by _Edward Solomon_. Words of songs by _Sir F.C. Burnand_.

OLIVER TWIST. Written by _H. Copeland_ from a song by _W.T. Townsend_.

THE ARTFUL DODGER. Written by _Charles Sloman_ and _Sam Cowell_. Music by _Fred Bridgeman_. Sung by _Sam Cowell_.

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY QUADRILLE AND NICKLEBY GALOP. By _Sydney Vernon_.

MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, 'DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING KNOCK?' Song by _Beuler_.

MASTER HUMPHREY'S QUADRILLES. Music by _'Boz' Junior_.

THE CHIMES OF MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK. Arranged for the pianoforte by _Charles Arnold_.

THE GHOST OF THE BARON OF GROG-SWIG. Written by _John Major_. Arranged by _J. Monro_.

LITTLE NELL. Words by _Miss Charlotte Young_. Music by _George Linley_.

LITTLE NELL. Composed by _George Linley_. Arranged for the pianoforte by _Carlo Totti_.

NELL. Song. Composed by _H.L. Winter_.

LITTLE NELL. By _Miss Hawley_.

LITTLE NELL. Waltz by _Dan Godfrey_.

NELL. Words by _Edward Oxenford_. Music by _Alfred J. Caldicott_.

LITTLE NELLIE'S POLKA. Composed by _J. Pridham_.

BARNABY RUDGE TARANTELLE. By _Clementine Ward_.

DOLLY VARDEN. Ballad. Words and Music by _Cotsford Dick_.

_G.W. Hunt's_ Popular Song DOLLY VARDEN.

DOLLY VARDEN. Comic Song. Words by _Frank W. Green_. Music _Alfred Lee_.

_Vance's_ DOLLY VARDEN. Written, composed, and sung by _Alfred G. Vance_.

_G.W. Moore's_ Great Song DRESSED AS A DOLLY VARDEN. Written, composed, and sung by _G.W. Moore_.

DOLLY VARDEN'S WEDDING. Comic Song. Written, composed, and arranged by _T.R. Tebley_.

DOLLY VARDEN WALTZ. By _Henry Parker_.

DOLLY VARDEN VALSE. Composed by _Sara Leumas_.

THE DOLLY VARDEN POLKA. By _Brinley Richards_.

THE DOLLY VARDEN POLKA. By _W.C. Levey_.

DOLLY VARDEN POLKA. By _Henry Parker_.

THE DOLLY VARDEN POLKA. Arranged by _T.C. Lewis_. Composed by _G. Discongi_.

DOLLY VARDEN POLKA. By _George Gough_.

DOLLY VARDEN GALOP. By _Charles Coote, jun._

DOLLY VARDEN SCHOTTISCHE. By _Helene_.

THE DOLLY VARDEN SCHOTTISCHE. By _H. King_.

DOLLY VARDEN GAVOTTE. By _Clementine Ward_.

DOLLY VARDEN QUADRILLE. By _Henry Parker_.

DOLLY VARDEN QUADRILLE, on old English Tunes. By _C.H.R. Marriott_.

MAYPOLE HUGH. Song. Words by _Charles Bradberry_. Music by _George Fox_.

YANKEE NOTES FOR ENGLISH CIRCULATION; or BOZ IN A-MERRY-KEY. Comic Song. Written by _James Briton_. Music arranged to an American Air by _Geo. Loder_.

THE CHRISTMAS CAROL QUADRILLES. By _Edwin Merriott_.

TINY TIM. Words by _Edward Oxenford_. Music by _Alfred J. Caldicott_.

TINY TIM. Words by _Harry Lynn_. Music by _W. Knowles_.

THE SONG OF CHRISTMAS. Song sung in _A Christmas Carol_ at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi. Composed by _C. Herbert Rodwell_.

TINY TIM. Written and composed by _Arthur Wingham_.

'GOD BLESS US EVERY ONE.' Words by _Geo. Cooper_. Music by _Herbert Foster_.

THE CHIMES. Song. Written by _J.E. Carpenter_. Music composed by _F. Nicholls Crouch_.

THE CHIMES. By _Jullien_.

THE CHIMES QUADRILLES. By _Henry Oakey_.

THE CHIMES QUADRILLES. By _Lancelott_.

THE CHIMES GAVOTTE. For the pianoforte, with bell accompaniment (ad lib.). Composed by _Wm. West_, Organist and Choirmaster of St. Margaret Pattens (Rood Lane, E.C.).

LILLIAN. Ballad from _The Chimes_. The Poetry by _Fanny E. Lacey_. Music by _Edward L. Hime_.

THE SPIRIT OF THE CHIMES. Written and composed by _Fanny E. Lacey_.

THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Song. By _James E. Stewart_, Cincinnati, U.S.A.

THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. A Domestic Ballad. Written by _Edward J. Gill_. Music by _J. Blewitt_.

THE CRICKET POLKA.

THE CRICKET POLKA. Composed by _Jullien_.

THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH QUADRILLES. Composed by _S.D. Saunders_.

THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. A set of Quadrilles. By _T.L. Rowbotham_.

THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. A new Christmas Quadrille. By _F. Lancelott_.

THE NEW CRICKET POLKA. Composed by _Johann Lupeski_.

THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Song. Words by _O.C. Lynn_. Music by _R. Graylott_. Published in _The Illustrated London News_, March 20, 1847.

THE FRUIT GATHERERS' SONG ('The Battle of Life'). Written by _Fanny E. Lacey_. Composed by _Edwin Flood_.

THE HAUNTED MAN QUADRILLES. By _Wm. West_.

WHAT ARE THE WILD WAVES SAYING? Written by _J.E. Carpenter_. Music by _Stephen Glover_.

WHAT ARE THE WILD WAVES SAYING? (_Stephen Glover_). Arranged for the pianoforte by _Brinley Richards_.

A VOICE FROM THE WAVES (an answer to the above). Words by _R. Ryan_. Music by _Stephen Glover_.

LITTLE PAUL BALLAD. Poetry by _Miss C. Young_. Music by _W.T. Wrighton_.

PAUL. Song. Words by _Edward Oxenford_. Music by _Alfred J. Caldicott_.

FLORENCE. Song. Written by _Charles Jeffrey_.

POOR FLORENCE. Song. Music composed by _W.T. Wrighton_.

WALTER AND FLORENCE. Song. Written by _Johanna Chandler_. Music by _Stephen Glover_.

DOMBEY AND SON QUADRILLE. By _Miss Harriet Frances Brown_.

THE DAVID COPPERFIELD POLKA. Composed by _W. Wilson_.

THE MICAWBER QUADRILLE (played in the drama of _Little Em'ly_, at the Olympic Theatre, in 1869). Composed by _J. Winterbottom_.

LITTLE EM'LY VALSES. By _John Winterbottom_. (Played in the drama of _Little Em'ly_, at the Olympic Theatre, in 1869.)

THE LITTLE EM'LY POLKA. Composed by _W.G. Severn_.

AGNES; or I HAVE LOVED YOU ALL MY LIFE. Ballad. Written by _Ger Vere Irving_. Composed by _Gerald Stanley_.

DORA; or THE CHILD-WIFE'S FAREWELL. Ballad. Written by _George Linley_. Composed by _Gerald Stanley_.

PEGGOTTY THE WANDERER. Ballad. Written by _William Martin_. Music by _James William Etherington_.

DORA TO AGNES. Song. Words by _Charles Jeffrey_. Music by _J.H. Tully_.

LITTLE BLOSSOM. Ballad by _Stephen Glover_. Words by _Charlotte Young_.

HOUSEHOLD WORDS. Duet. Written by _Charlotte Young_. Composed by _John Blockley_.

Songs and Ballads from _Bleak House_:

(1) THE SONG OF ESTHER SUMMERSON, 'Farewell to the Old
Home.' Written by _Charles Jeffrey_. Music by _Charles
W. Glover_.

(2) ADA CLARE. Written by _Charles Jeffrey_. Set to Music
by _Charles W. Glover_.

POOR JO! Ballad. Written by _H.B. Farnie_. Composed by _C.F.R. Marriott_.

POOR JO! Song and Chorus. Written by _W.R. Gordon_. Composed by _Alfred Lee_.

'JO.' Galop for the pianoforte upon airs from the celebrated drama, by _Edward Solomon_.

'HE WAS WERY GOOD TO ME.' Poor Jo's song. Written and composed by _Alfred Allen_.

THE TOKEN FLOWERS. Song founded on 'Caddy's Flowers' in _Bleak House_. Written by _Joseph Edward Carpenter_. Music by _B. Moligne_.

HARD TIMES. Polka. By _C.W._

LITTLE DORRIT. Ballad. Written and composed by _John Caulfield_.

LITTLE DORRIT. Song. Written by _Henry Abrahams_. Music by _C. Stanley_.

LITTLE DORRIT'S POLKA. Composed by _Jules Norman_.

AS YOU LIKE IT; or LITTLE DORRIT'S POLKA. By _W.H. Montgomery_.

LITTLE DORRIT'S VIGIL. By the composer of LITTLE NELL.

LITTLE DORRIT'S SCHOTTISCHE. Composed by _W.M. Parker_.

LITTLE DORRIT SERENADE. By _Clementine Ward_.

'MY DEAR OLD HOME.' Ballad. Written by _J.E. Carpenter_. Composed by _John Blockley_.

WHO PASSES BY THIS ROAD SO LATE? Blandois' song from _Little Dorrit_. Words by _Charles Dickens_. Music by _H.R.S. Dalton_. (This song was suggested to Dickens by the French song entitled 'Le Chevalier du guet.')

FLOATING AWAY BALLAD. Written by _J.E. Carpenter_. Music by _John Blockley_.

ALL THE YEAR ROUND; or THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS. Song. Written by _W.S. Passmore_. Composed by _John Blockley_.

ALL THE YEAR ROUND QUADRILLES. By _E. Frewin_.

ALL THE YEAR ROUND VARSOVIANA. By _W.H. Montgomery_.

THE TWO CITIES QUADRILLES. By _W.H. Montgomery_.

TOM TIDDLER'S POLKA. Composed by _W. Wilson_.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Ballad.

_Coote's_ Lancers, 'SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE.'

MRS. LIRRIPER'S QUADRILLE. Written by _Adrian Victor_.

JENNY WREN (THE DOLL'S DRESSMAKER). Song. Words by _Edward Oxenford_. Music by _Alfred J. Caldicott_.

JENNY WREN QUADRILLES. Arranged by _Rosabel_.

MUGBY JUNCTION GALOP. By _Charles Coote, jun._

NO THOROUGHFARE GALOP. Composed by _Charles Coote, jun._

[From an edition:]

PRINTED BY THE

'SOUTHAMPTON TIMES' CO., LTD.,

70 ABOVE BAR, SOUTHAMPTON

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

The musical extracts are marked [Figure 1]-[Figure 8]. These are available as MIDI files. Italic text is marked _thus_ with underscores.

Alterations:

Page 10 "and can't play 'out to-night,'"
Hyphen not inked in original.

Page 25 "and tuned like fifty stomach-aches."
Corrected typo: "tuned liked"

Page 40 "which had no recognizable tune"
Corrected typo: "recognizable time"

Page 89 "given to the young red-haired boy"
Corrected typo: "young red-haired boots"

Page 93 "penn'orths" Page 104 "hunting field," Letter 't' not inked in original.

Page 115 "His musical powers made him useful at the club-room"
Hyphen at line-end: could be "clubroom".

Page 116 "'as of a gallant and eminent naval Hero,'"
Closing quote missing in original.

Page 146 "(_O.C.S._ 27)"
Corrected typo: "_D.C.S._"

Page 148 "See 'Since the first dawn of reason.'"
Original had "When the first dawn of reason."

Page 150 "See 'Strew then, Oh strew.'"
Original had "Strew then, O strew."

Page 152 "Come weal, come woe, we'll gather and go,"
Line indented in original.

Page 164 "Banjo" Page 165 "Brown, Mr." Page numbers missing in original.

Pages 27, 33, 166, 177
"Cadby" corrected to "Caddy"

End of Project Gutenberg's Charles Dickens and Music, by James T. Lightwood