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CHAPTER XIII
HENRY RUSSELL'S SONGS AND OTHERS
" WOODMAN SPARE THAT TREE," " CHEER, BOYS, CHEER," " A GOOD TIME COMING," " THE OLD ARM CHAIR," "A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE," " COME WHERE MY LOVE LIES DREAMING," " REST, TROUBLED HEART," " THE GYPSY COUNTESS," AND " THE BEATING OF MY OWN HEART"
IN October, 1895, Henry Russell, who is eighty-six years old, published his memoirs under the taking title of " Cheer, Boys, Cheer," from which we gather the following particulars.
Evincing early a taste for music, and reveal-ing as a child the possession of an excellent voice, Mr. Russell was taken, when eight years old, to Elliston, who engaged him for the " children's operas" he was giving at the Surrey Theatre. From the elder Kean, who heard him sing at Richmond, he received the assur-ance that" You will never become a great actor or a great singer unless you learn to speak
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