Annotation:One evening having lost my way

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ONE EVENING HAVING LOST MY WAY. AKA and see "Walpole," "Happy Clown," "Do You Fancy a Seamstress." English, Air. The air first appeared in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729), beginning "I'm like a skiff on the ocean tossed." Sugsequently, it was included in a number of ballad operas of the period, including Grub Street Opera (1731), Genuine Grub (1731), The Welsh Opera (1732).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 65 (facsimile of the Beggar's Opera).

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