Excerpt from Old English Popular Music, Vol. 1: A New Edition With a Preface and Notes, and the Earlier Examples Entirely Revised
The beginnings of this book were in the year 1836 or 1837, when the author first issued proposals for the publication to subscribers of a collection of old English popular tunes, with information respecting the songs formerly sung to them, and other related matters of interest, the whole to be contained in three parts.
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