This air is the first part of the tune of "O dem Golden Slippers," the negro revival song of some twenty years ago.
This is a reminiscence of the Scotch dance-tune usually sung to the words "There's nae luck aboot the hoose."
This is a well-known old English dance-tune, known also in Scotland.
The second part of this tune is merely a reminiscence of "We won't go home till morning."
This tune is the first part of a very commonplace modern Italian popular composition called "La Mandolinata," played on every conceivable instrument, and sung also, about the year 1876 and for some years afterwards.
L.E. Broadwood.