[bksvol-discuss] Re: Drink to me only...
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:52:40 -0800 (PST)
P.S. I can't let somethng unknown (origin of the
music) go by without doing my favorite thng next to
reading and validating, i.e., research, so I did some
googling and found the info below. Thanks for the
unspoken challenge, Ann. grin
Cindy
P.S. I haven't finished reading my mail so I hope I'm
not repeating what someone else has already done.
Information
Lyrics
The origin of the tune is not known. It does not
appear earlier than around 1770. The words are Ben
Johnson's poem, "To Celia," written in 1616. According
to the Oxford Companion to Music, the tune cannot be
traced back beyond about 1770.
Best Loved Songs of the American People states the
tune is sometimes attributed to Mozart, but that there
is no verification of the fact. Sir Walter Scott used
the tune for a song County Guy.
The tune has also been credited to Colonel Mellish.
However, that is unlikely as he is believed to have
been born in 1777. Grattan Flood asserted that he had
seen an edition of the song dating from about 1803
with Henry Herrington of Bath (1727-1816).*
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