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CHAPTER VI
" EVER OF THEE"
THE story of this at one period extraordinarily popular song, has been told many times in various ways. The simplicity of the words and homely characteristics of the melody natu-rally appealed to the public some few decades ago, and occasionally one comes across it as a favourite side by side with " Little Nell," " What are the Wild Waves Saying?" and similar pieces, especially in country houses. Its sale for many years was something abnormal, and even now there is a more or less steady demand for it. The publisher, Mr. Turner, is said to have reaped a fortune by it—its author, oblivion. But let me relate the romance concerning the origin of the song which was said to have been written and composed by James Lawson, whose name will be looked for in vain on this or any other publication.
Here is the story. On a certain cold day in the month of January, 1850, the door of Mr. Turner's music shop in the Poultry, Cheapside,
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