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 (1731), and The Beggar's Pantomime, or the Contending Columbines (1736). It was also issued on song-sheets.

Source for notated version:

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

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