For anyone who is interested in Thomas Haynes Bayly's songs as such (there must somebody out there), a book called 'Songs of the Affections', published in London in 1932, is worth searcning for. It contains 48 of his songs, with complete lyrics and melody lines, together with a biographical introduction by W L Hanchant.

Rabbitrunning's keen observation, that 'Long Ago' 'felt like a good song for a music box' is spot-on true of a number of his songs, but some of them are really worth a bit more attention than they have had for the last century or so. At worst, they are great period pieces.

But that's all I have to say about to say about Thomas Haynes Bayly.