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as already recorded. Thomson could easily have taken it from Johnson's " Scots Museum," wherein was published a version of the air in 1792.
The libretto of W. M. Shield's two act comic opera " Rosina," by the way, was written by Mrs. Francis Brooke, the authoress of several plays and novels. It was first produced at Covent Garden Theatre, December 31st, 1782.
I may add that the song was introduced into an adaptation of Scott's " Rob Roy" and sung on the stage at Edinburgh in 1819, and also before George IV. in 1822, by the actor playing the part of Francis Osbaldistone. A drama called " Auld Lang Syne" in three acts, written by G. Lash Gordon, was produced at the Opera Comique Theatre, London, August 3rd, 1878. |
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