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SING HEY ! FOR THE BOTTLE : THAT UNSURPASSED GEM ! WORDS 

 BY EDWARD LANCASTER. COMPOSED BY WM. KIRBY. GEORGE 

 AND MANBY. 



This is decidedly one of his the best bacchanalian songs we ever 

 heard. The composer is evidently a first-rate musician, by his skil- 

 ful arrangement of the subject. The air is wedded to the words as 

 completely as if the same thought had breathed both ; and the chorus 

 has an expression of joyousness, irresistible to the "jolly companion." 

 We subjoin a verse of the song : 



" I will tell you a tale, that was well-known of old 



But first let me see bumpers mounting, 

 For wine, to a tale, warms the bosom that's cold, 



When mix'd with the heart's purple fountain ! 

 Once the Gods form'd a ring 'twas a talisman rare 



A bright crimson gem its cynosure, 

 Where Love lay concealed, ev'ry breast to ensnare, 



Arid brilliants form'd the enclosure. 

 Now hey ! for the bottle : that unsurpassed gem ! 

 Sing ho ! for the wine's ruby blushes. 

 Hurrah ! for the circle around it, and then 

 Three cheers for rich wit's sparkling gushes !" 



THE Music BOOK OF BEAUTY. A SUMMER ANNUAL. 

 SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, AND SMITH AND Co. 



One of the most splendid productionswe have ever seen, even in the 

 bright world of Music. It is positively dazzling, and casts the en- 

 tire host of annuals into shade. The poetry is by Edmund Smith, a 

 gentleman who has been successfully before the public as a lyric poet; 

 and the music is by Barnett, Bishop, and the very best of our mu- 

 sicians containing some of their happier efforts. 



THINGS THEATRICAL. 



IN addition to the hackneyed routine of La Gazza Ladra, II 

 Barbiere, Otello, with which, notwithstanding their beauties, the 

 ear is almost wearied, Laporte produced for his benefit a new work 

 of Rossini L'Assedio di Corinto. When we say new, we do not 

 mean it to be understood that the music has hitherto been unknown. 

 It is, in fact, a " rifacciamento" of the month. The general charac- 

 ter of the opera is, as the very title would import, military a style 

 particularly adapted to the genius of Rossini, and accordingly he 

 has indulged himself in his forte for wind instruments, not forgetting 

 trumpets and drums ; but at the same time, though some parts may 

 be considered sufficiently noisy, still, on the whole, the opera is well 

 worthy of the high reputation of its author. The concerted pieces, in 

 particular, are very effective, and were admirably given by Grisi, 



