LIX. OF ALL THE GIRLS THAT ARE SO SMART.
Composed by Henry Carey,
in 1716. N.B.—The air was superseded
by
another in 1790.
LX. BRITONS, STRIKE HOME.
Composed by Henry Purcell.
Bonduca, 1695.
LXI. CHEVY CHASE.
Old English. Early
Seventeenth century. Printed in 1710.
LXII. TO OLD SIR SIMON THE KING.
Old English. Seventeenth
century. Printed in 1652.
LXIII. JOY TO GREAT CAESAR.
Composed by Frescobaldi
(1614). Adapted by Tom Durfey in 1682 or
1683.
LXIV. THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN.
Old English. Printed
as “Puddings and Pies,” by Playford, in
1716.
LXV. DID YOU EVER HEAR OF A GALLANT SAILOR?
Old Irish. “Youghal
Harbour,” in 1720. Also known as “Ned
of the
Hill” (1700).
LXVI. WHY ARE MINE EYES STILL FLOWING.
Old English. Seventeenth
century.
LXVII. GREEN SLEEVES.
Old English. Sixteenth
century.
LXVIII. ALL YOU THAT MUST TAKE A LEAP.
Composed by Lewis Ramondon.
1710.
LXIX. LUMPS OF PUDDING.
Old Irish. Printed
by Playford in 1701. Adapted by Durfey in 1697.
W.H. GRATTAN FLOOD.
June 7th, 1915.
II
A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN GAY.
1712
Binfield, November 13 Alexander Pope to John
Gay
December 24 Alexander Pope to John
Gay
1713
London, January 13 John Gay to Maurice Johnson,
junior.
April 23, 1713 John Gay to Maurice Johnson,
junior.
August 23 Alexander Pope to John
Gay
October 23 Alexander Pope to John
Gay
1714
Binfield, May 4 Thomas Parnell and Alexander
Pope to John Gay
London, June 8 John Gay to Jonathan Swift
Hanover, August 16 John Gay to John Arbuthnot
September 23 Alexander Pope to John
Gay
1715
London, March 3 Alexander Pope and John Gay to John Caryll London, March 18 Alexander Pope and John Gay to Thomas Parnell [March] Alexander Pope and John Gay to John Caryll April 7 Alexander Pope and John Gay to William Congreve London [April] John Gay and Alexander Pope to John Caryll July 8 John Gay to Alexander Pope
1716
Undated John Gay, Jervis,
John Arbuthnot
(beginning: “I was
and Alexander Pope to Thomas Parnell
last summer in
Devonshire").
1717
Undated John Gay to Alexander
Pope
(beginning: “Too
late to see and
confess myself
mistaken”)