Tune Req: Revolutionary War

05 Jan 26 - 03:02 PM (#4233848)
Subject: Tune Req: Revolutionary War
From: GUEST

Come Here Fellow Servant, looking for the sheet music, tune. Anyone?

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05 Jan 26 - 10:29 PM (#4233860)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Revolutionary War
From: cnd

Grasping at straws a bit here, but is this it? First link has an audio file to listen to.

https://www.contemplator.com/england/servant.htmlM

This tune was sung in the comedy "High Life Below the Stairs" by James Townley (1714-1778). It was very popular in Colonial America.

https://www.dianetaraz.com/notes/rev_notes.htm

A rollicking song from a 1759 London comedy, High Life Below the Stairs, in which a master disguises himself as a servant to spy on his employees. It became very popular in the colonies, which speaks to how bold ideas about equality took root in the New World. The verses proclaim that everyone is really the same, all in livery -- servant's uniform -- and all serving something, no matter how highfalutin' you may think you are. A love of freedom and mobility became part of the American character, and here is its echo across a span of 250 years. You can practically hear the motorcycles revving!

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05 Jan 26 - 10:30 PM (#4233861)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Revolutionary War
From: cnd

To state the (much too subtly implied) from my last post, the song title (and thus, the thread title) is (likely) Come Here, Fellow Servant by Lesley Nelson

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05 Jan 26 - 10:32 PM (#4233862)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Revolutionary War
From: cnd

Sheet music here:

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05 Jan 26 - 10:34 PM (#4233863)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Revolutionary War
From: cnd

https://archive.org/details/songsfromwilliam00moln/page/10/mode/2up?q=%22Come+Here%2C+Fellow+Servant%22+%22sheet+music%22

(helps to link the page...)

Also, another correction -- Lesley Nelson isn't the songwriter: he wrote the first webpage. Townley is the songwriter.

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