Believe Me, if All Jarley's Waxworks so Rare (O.C.S. 27)
A parody on the following.
Believe Me, if all Those Endearing Young Charms (B.H. 55)
Words by T. Moore.
Set to the old melody ‘My Lodging is on the Cold Ground.’ This appears to have come into existence about the middle of the eighteenth century. It is found in Vocal Music, or the Songster's Companion, 1775, and it was claimed by Moore to be an Irish melody, but some authorities deny this. It has also been claimed as Scotch, but the balance of opinion is in favour of its English origin (F. Kidson).
Beside that Cottage Door, Mr. Boffin (O.M.F.)
See p. [133].
Bid Me Discourse (S.B.T. 4)
Words adapted from Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis.
H.R. Bishop.