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NOTES AND QUERIES.
s. xa DEC. 12, ISXB.
Celui qui rit yendredi
pleurera dimanche,
Cheyt que riquedeivi.
ndro pliaureret dei
minze
II n'y a pas de pire eau que 1'eau qui dort, Y a pas de meindro que 1'evoui quei droumi.
venir, veniique
je viendrai, 10 vigno
je suis venu, io che veniik
je serais venu, io fiire
veniik
courir, courik dancer, danschiar aussi, topari quelquefois, caqueviaso quoi que ce soit, coumi Je vous la dpnnerai, Io la
que chec vo baillerique.
It would be an advantage to Romance philology if scholars would take down as many words as possible from their guides, as the local patois are gradually dying out.
H. A. STRONG.
University, Liverpool.
A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE
WORKS OF CHARLES DIBDIN. (See 9 th S. viii. 39, 77, 197, 279 ; ix. 421 ; x. 122, 243;
xi. 2, 243, 443 ; xii. 183, 283, 423.) 1804. The Harmonic Preceptor : a didactic poem, in three parts. Written by Mr. Dibdin. From har- mony, from heavenly harmony, The Universal frame began. Dryden. London: Published by the Author, at nis Warehouse, Leicester Place, Leicester Square; Mr. Preston in the Strand ; dementi and Co. Cheap- side ; Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row: Messrs. Muir, Wood, and Co., Mr. Hill, Messrs. Manvers and Miller, and Messrs. Constable and Co. Edinburgh ; and all the eminent booksellers and music-sellers in the United King- dom. Printed by James Ballantyne, Edinburgh. 1804. [Price eighteen shillings.] 4to, pp. 6 and 149.
Preface dated 1 September, 1804. There are fourteen engraved plates (lacking from some copies) illustrating the musical instruction which the poem was designed to convey. Some of the diagrams were afterwards used again in ' Music Epitomized,' 1808.
1S04. Questions in Mr. Dibdin's Lectures. 4to, 52pp., no title, n.d.
The first of Dibdin's lectures was delivered 15 September, 1804.
1804. The Frolic, a short Table Entertainment, written and composed by Charles Dibdin, first performed 10 November, 1804.
The songs were published in folio, price Is., signed by Dibdin, on a sheet of 4 pp., title on front, back page blank, except where noted. Arrangement for two flutes on last engraved page. Headings of songs are similar to No. 4.
- l. The Grasshopper. Afterwards No. 7 in ' Heads
or Tails?' 1805.
- 2. A description of Antient Lyres in the manner
of the Tombs in Westminster Abbey.
Probably this was 'Antient Lyres,' after- wards sung in l Heads or Tails 1 ' No. 8.
3. The Perpetual Motion. Afterwards No. 14 in 'Heads or Tails?'
4. Poor Charles, Written and Composed As a tribute of respect to the memory of Mr. Bannister, By Mr. Dibdin and Sung by him at his new Enter-
tainment called The Frolic. Printed & Sold by the
Author at his Music Warehouse, Leicester Place
Leicester Square.
- 5. Murdock and Norah.
- 6. Peg of Pepper Alley. Afterwards No. 10 in
'Heads or Tails?'
7. Tom Transom. Afterwards No. 17 in ' Heads or Tails ? '
- 8. The Family Concert. No. 19 in ' Tom Wilkins,'
1799, and afterwards No. 13 in * Heads or Tails ?' The above formed the original programme of ' songs, in the order as advertised for the opening night. There was added later
9. Wuishla ma Cree. Afterwards No. 3 in 'Heads or Tails?'
1804. A Trip to the Coast. A Table Entertain- ment, written and composed by Charles Dibdin, first performed (after * The Frolic') 10 November, 1804.
This entertainment was compressed from ' Britons. Strike Home ' (1803), and contained songs Nos. 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 6, 16, 17, and 18 of that entertainment, with, as finale,
- 1. Britons, Strike Home.
1804. The Election, a Table Entertainment,, written and composed by Charles Dibdin, first performed 29 November, 1804.
This entertainment was a compression of 'Most Votes' (1802). I have not traced a list of the songs.
1804. * Peter Nicked ; or, The Devil's Darling : a Mock Heroic Poem, in Three Cantos. By Castiator 4to, pp. 36.
This, which I have not seen, is probably by Dibdin.
1805. New Year's Gifts, a Table Entertainment, written and composed by Charles Dibdin, first per- formed 1 January, 1805.
The songs were published in folio, price Is., signed by Dibdin, on a sheet of 4 pp., title on front, back page blank, except where noted. Arrangement for two flutes on last engraved page. Headings of songs are- similar to No. 3 unless noted.
- 1. New Year's Gifts.
- 2. Manners.
3. The Wife, A New Song Written and Com- posed By Mr. Dibdin, and Sung by him in his new Entertainment called the New Year's Gifts. Printed and Sold by the Author at his Music Warehouse Leicester Place Leicester Square.
- 4. Discipline.
- 5. Your Good Kind of Man.
6. The French Calendar. Published at Bland &r Weller's, as in No. 13.
- 7. The Finished Traveller. See No. 22 in ' Heads-
or Tails? '1805.
8. Red Coats. A Favorite New Song. Sung by Mrs. Bland, at Vauxhall Gardens. Written & Composed by Mr. Dibdin. Price 1*. Qd. Printed for the Author, & Sold at Bland & Weller's, Music Warehouse, 23, Oxford Street. Front page blank Water-mark date 1804.
9. Vivelapeste.
- 10. Mrs. O'Leary. See No. 20 in ' Heads or Tails ? r
