From Songs for Liberal Electors.
Manchester, A. Heywood, 1885.
(This parody was written before Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Hartington joined the Conservative party.)
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“JOLLY NOSE.”
The late Mr. William Bates writing to Notes and Queries in December, 1863, pointed out that this capital drinking song is a translation of one of the Vaux-de-Vire of the fine old Norman Anacreon, Olivier Basselin. W. H. Ainsworth puts the song into the mouth of “Blueskin” in his novel Jack Sheppard, but it was made famous by the late Paul Bedford, who sang it in his celebrated impersonation of “Blueskin” at the Adelphi Theatre, London.
À Son Nez.
Beau Nez, dont les rubis ont cousté mainte pipe
Du vin blanc et clairet,
Et duquel le couleur richement participe
Du rouge et violet;