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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9- s. x. SEPT. 27, 1902.
No collected edition of the songs is known to
me. The following were published, tolio,
4 pp.. first blank, except where stated, signed
at the foot of first engraved page by C. Dibdin
or T. W. for C. Dibdin. Price Is. The head-
ing similar to that given in the case of No. 2,
unless stated otherwise.
1. Every Inch a Sailor. Written and Composed by Mr. Dibdin, and sung by Mr. Incledon with the greatest applause, at Vauxhall. London, Printed for the Author, at his Music Warehouse, 411 Strand ; opposite the Adelphi.
2. Bachelors Hall written and composed by Mr. Dibdin for his entertainment called The Oddities. London Printed &c. [as above].
3. The Flowing Can.
4. Peggy Perkins.
5. Saturday night at Sea.
6. Ben Backstay.
7. Taffy and Griddy.
8. Irish Drinking Song.
9. The Tar for all weathers.
10. All the World's a masquerade.
11. The Lamplighter.
12. On Gratitude. Written & composed for the Oddities & inscribed to the Rt Hon: Viscount Galway, with all the warmth, yet deference and respect, belonging to that exquisite sensation ; by his Lordships greatly obliged, & most obedient servant C. Dibdin. London [&c.].
13. Mock Italian Song. 4 pp.
14. Poor Tom, or the Sailor's Epitaph.
15. The Greenwich Pensioner.
16. Wigs, or the Inundation sung in The
Wags and The Oddities, A Lesson for the Harp- sichord adapted by Mr. Dibdin from the subject of his songs will be publish'd on the 15 th day of Every Month.
17. The Portrait (formerly in ' The Whim of the Moment').
18. The Indian Song (from ' The Islanders').
19. Sly Old Hodge (from ' The Wives Revenged ').
The majority of these songs are arranged for " Flute, German Flute, or Guittar " (sic). In some cases impressions from the same plates have Dibdin's later address : Leicester Place, Leicester Square. I have seen such of Nos. 1 and 14. Early in the nineteenth century G. Walker, 106, Great Portland Street, pub- lished editions of some, if not all ; usually from Dibdin's plates altered. I have seen Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 14, and 15. Diether, 29, Lisle Street, Leicester Square, published similar editions of Nos. 2, 6, and 10. A single- page edition of No. 15, by Hime, Dublin, is grobably only one of many pirated issues, ongs also sung in 'The Oddities,' which I have not seen in folio, are as follows :
- 20. The Invitation.
- 21. Marriage and Music.
- 22. Alas, where shall I comfort find ?
- 23. The Musicians Love Song (also No. 36 in ' The
Wags ').
- 24. Crown me, Bacchus ;
"25. Bonny Kate (also No. 32 in ' The Wags ').
- 26. I 've made to marches Mars descend.
The music and words of Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, and 26 are in the ' Bystander,' ante.
1790. A collection of Songs, selected from the works of Mr. Dibdin. = Yet still am I enabled to bring up in life's rear. G. Pen. = Second Edition, London, Printed for the Author : and sold by him, at his Warehouse, No. 411, Strand, opposite the Adelphi. 12mo, pp. xvi (not consecutively paged), 231, and vii (index). Dedication to Wm. Davis, Esq., dated August 6, 1790.
I have not seen the first edition, issued in April, 1790, but the 'Advertisement' states that the second is " without the smallest alteration, except being more correct." The third edition is described as Volume I., " with addition? and alterations," and the dedication is dated 4 January, 1792. The only addition is one song at end (from 'Private Theatricals'), which is apparently introduced with frugal intent to utilize p. 232, formerly blank. The advertisement announces the second volume will be published "in about six weeks." In a copy of Volume I., third edition, which has the watermark date 1794, but cannot have been published earlier than 1796, as it bears Dibdin's Leicester Place address, the dedica- tion, preface, and advertisement are elimi- nated. This probably is the latest form, as I have never seen a fourth edition. The collection was eventually extended to five volumes, all but the first innocent of dates, for which reason it will be most convenient to give particulars here : Vol. II. (1792),
Ep. xvi, 191, vii. One copy in my possession as at end an interesting catalogue (seven pages) of songs, &c., on sale at Dibdin's warehouse. The third edition, "with addi- tions and alterations " (I have not seen the second), lacks the author's long preface, and is probably the definitive form, date 1796 or later. Vol. III. (?1793), pp. viii, 190, viii. Vol. IV. 01796), pp. iv, 198, vi. Vol. V. (11799), pp. iv, iv, 199. The price per volume was 3s. sewn, or 4s. 6d. elegantly bound .
1790. A psalm Tune, ' Alverstoke,' by C. Dibdin,
appears in " The Psalms of David for the Use of
Parish Churches ...... the music selected adapted and
composed by Edward Miller Mus Doc ..... .London,
W. Miller." Preface dated March, 1790.
The list of subscribers includes Mr. Dibdin (six copies), Mrs. Dibdin, and Miss Dibdin. The tune will be found properly harmonized on p. 3 of ' The Standard Psalm Tune Book ' (1851), compiled by the composer's grandson, Henry E. Dibdin.
1790. *A new Musical Burlesque, The Cobweb, written and composed by Mr. Dibdin, is advertised in the World on 23rd April, 1790, as in rehearsal
