Excerpt from The Stag's Hornbook A complete collection of the convivial and merry verse in the Engiish language would doubtless be of interest to scholars: but. For most of us' it would be insufferably dull. The drinking songs of the eighteenth century alone, when bottle companions were issued by the dozen, would fill a library, and they are mostly of inferior quality. In this book I have made no attempt to compile a complete anthology. Of the old convivial literature I have omitted all save those catches and longer songs ...
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Excerpt from The Stag's Hornbook A complete collection of the convivial and merry verse in the Engiish language would doubtless be of interest to scholars: but. For most of us' it would be insufferably dull. The drinking songs of the eighteenth century alone, when bottle companions were issued by the dozen, would fill a library, and they are mostly of inferior quality. In this book I have made no attempt to compile a complete anthology. Of the old convivial literature I have omitted all save those catches and longer songs which have seemed to me most likely to strike a chord of sympathy in the heart of a modern, - and by no means all of those. The Stag's Hombook is designed as a companion, not an encyclopedia. To all who are interested in the historical aspects of English convivial verse, I can do no better than recommend Hutchison's excellent collection, Songs of the Vine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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