The Merry Past 



country dances, accompanied by a band of music, 

 took place on the green, and in the evening a supper 

 was provided at the " White Horse " by the host. 



Songs and singing were very popular. From 

 1759 to 1769 the following were those most in vogue : 

 " Haste away, haste away, to the Marquis of Granby, 

 haste away " ; " Hearts of Oak " ; " Balance a 

 Straw " ; " The Sweeper " ; " Buffler at morning, 

 and Buffler at night " (was the vulgar daily chaunt 

 all over England about 1760) ; " Nancy Dawson " ; 

 " Three Ladies come from France " ; " Charming 

 Kitty Fell " ; " The Brave Captain Death " ; " Paddy 

 Whack " ; " Lango Lee," revived, again then 

 nearly forty years after date ; " Say, Little, Foolish, 

 Fluttering Thing " ; " Stony Batter " ; " Says Yellow 

 Molly, I'm a Maid " ; " As I was walking one morning 

 in May " ; " The Gipsy Laddy O " (then old) ; " Saw 

 you my father, saw you my mother " ; " Tidy. Widow 

 and a tidy one " ; " Wilkes' Song." 



From 1769 to 1779 : " The Pilgrim blithe and 

 jolly " ; " Little John Alcock " (old Irish tune of the 

 '' Grey Mare") ; " When War's Alarms " ; '' British 

 Fair " ; " British Grenadiers " ; " The Dusky Night 

 rides down the Sky," and various hunting-songs ; 

 " Oh, Father, Father, give me my portion." 



From 1779 ^^ ^7^9- '^^^%%1 Band"; "Pretty 

 Peggy of Darby, O " ; " Sweet Mog the Brunette " ; 

 " Guardian Angels " ; '^ There was a Frog lived in 

 a Well " ; " The Jolly Young Waterman " ; " Robin 

 Grey " ; " Gang down the Burne, Davy " ; " Young 

 Colin stole my Heart away " ; " Ye Scamps, ye Pads, 



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