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To " Fll Hang my Harp on a Willow Tree" is attached quite a bit of royal romance. It was written by a young nobleman who be-came deeply enamoured of Queen Victoria a year or so before she ascended the English throne, which event naturally destroyed his hopes of winning her hand. The words first appeared in an English magazine, and were set to music by Wellington Guernsey.
Thomas Hood's masterpiece, " The Song of the Shirt," was first published in the Christmas number of " Punch" for the year 1843. It was copied into the "Times," and reproduced in other newspapers immediately. It was inserted anonymously, but ran through the land like wildfire, and became the talk of the day. There was no little speculation as to its author, though several (Dickens among the number) attributed it at once to the right source; at last Hood wrote to one of the daily papers and acknow-ledged it. He was greatly astonished and not a little amused at its marvellous popularity. His daughter, the late Mrs. Frances Freeling Broderip, commenting upon it, said:" My mother said to him when she was folding up the packet ready for the press,' Now mind, Hood, mark my words, this will tell wonderfully; it is one of the best things you ever did.'" It turned out to be
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