Steve

I've just checked the Oxford OLIS/Opac directory and they hold a copy. The index entry is:

Author Clifton, Harry, 1832-1872.   
Title Look before leaping / composed and sung by Harry Clifton.
Publisher London : Hopwood & Crew, 1869.
Description 1 score (5 p.) : port ; 36 cm.
Notes Song for voice and piano.
First line: When little children learn to use their copy books at school.
First line of the chorus: Then will your days pass cheerily.
Pictorial t.p. (col.): Alfred Concanen, lith.
Portrait on t.p.: Harry Clifton.
Manufacturer No. H & C. 1656; Hopwood & Crew
Subjects Popular music -- To 1901.   
Alternate Title When little children learn to use their copy books at school
Then will your days pass cheerily
Other Names Concanen, Alfred.   

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They also hold something titles "Look before ye loup...". I've no idea if it has any bearing for you, but here's the index:

Author Thrum, Tam.   
Title Look before ye loup; or, A healin' sa' for the crackit crowns of country politicians, [electronic resource] / by Tam Thrum, an auld weaver. ; [Two line epitaph]
Publisher Philadelphia: : Printed for Thomas Dobson, at the Stone House, no. 41, South-Second Street., M,DCC,XCVIII. [1798]
Description 40 p. ; 19 cm. (12mo)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 34661.
Notes Political satire in the form of a short play. Includes as song "The progress of liberty."
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 34661).
References Evans 34661
Subjects Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820.   
Other formats Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Electronic Resources
Evans Digital Edition


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Netwrk Res.
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