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CHAPTER XIV
ABOUT SOME MORE FAVOURITE SONGS
" T H E POSTMAN'S KNOCK," "ROUSSEAU'S DREAM," "THE OLD HUNDREDTH,""THESAVOY," "THERE IS A HAPPY LAND," " LITTLE DROPS OF WATER," " THE VICAR OF BRAY," " LILLIBURLERO," " YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND," " YE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND," " EXCELSIOR," " THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS," AND " T H E VILLAGE BLACK-SMITH"
A SIMPLE, homely song that is rarely heard now-a-days, for its novelty has long worn off, is " The Postman's Knock," written by L. M. Thornton, and composed by W. T. Wrighton, of drawing-room ballad composing and singing celebrity. "The Postman's Knock," when it was first published, about forty years ago, spread into favour at once, and was sung all over Eng-land, because it appeared at a period when the " New Penny Post" of Rowland Hill had had time to become understanded of the people and to be utilized by them. And because it appealed
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