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by Bayly (who was born at Bath in 1797, and died 1839, after having written hundreds of songs and some thirty-six dramatic pieces) on some well-known family tradition, and in all probability he at some time or other visited Bawdrip and read the inscription in the church-yard, which I have transcribed above. Indeed, Bayly might have heard the tale of the Lovell family from his father, who was a solicitor at Bath, or he may even have met a descendant of the Lovells—is it not probable that the elder Bayly was the Lovell family solicitor, and con-sequently in full possession of their history? But what has become of this particular old oak chest? The one sold on the 10th of February, 1893, belonging to Mr. Lawson Tait, of Bas-ketts-Fletchwood, was said by a gentleman who saw it to be of Spanish mahogany, and not of oak. Will the story ever be traced to its original source ? Bayly was the author of, amongst other songs, " I'd be a Butterfly," " She Wore a Wreath of Roses," and many poems of a homely nature. Joseph Philip Knight wrote the music of " She Wore a Wreath of Roses," and to most of Bayly's lyrics. He was born in 1812 and died 1886.
Although Haynes Bayly was a dramatic author, he does not appear to have seen the
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