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Thread #98830   Message #1962002
Posted By: Richard Bridge
09-Feb-07 - 03:48 AM
Thread Name: Help-Early Dickensian Songs (1807-70)
Subject: RE: Help-Early Dickensian Songs (1807-70)
I should perhaps emphasise the perils of trying tobe funny early in the morning - "rather young" = minus 7!

THere is an interesting e-book here http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16595/16595-8.txt.

It appears to review the entirety of Dickens' connection with music and contians a complete list of music and songs mentioned in his writings.

It gives me some ideas - but I am beginning to wonder if I have bitten off more than I can chew....

However, it seems that Villikins and his Dinah rose to popularity within my period, and it also shows Dickens familiar with "Over the Hills and Far Away" - and gives two verses I did not know!