, 1866-11-11
MODERN BALLADS.
The Humor Of the People.
Interesting Samples ofth Ballad 8lyte.

AAO ANlllVI VI lu6 IEOplts
Interesting Samples OF the Ballad style.
tFsom Hh,per's Magazine, Sovenher1
could be snppcssd 10 70 anvs tine u enough 1,s % 70
stop and read the ballads which Are strung |
along the railing of St. Panl's In Vesey street,
or sometimes along the Park railing, or on
smaller scale and shorter line, in few 9th |
cr public places, lie would fnd = curious !
mixture Of The sheerest eentimentsltsy, broad
isrce, aud indecency, although to tha credit !
OF the town the last is the least frequent ele- |
mcpt- There Is always some A1lnsion to the
chief current topics of the time. The heroes !
Of the hour Hre duly honored. The Jokes !
and tho street, arc all reflected upon these
little sheets, and tie songs which are every |
where suddenly sung, and which come
from nobody knoSs ws:etc, and the words of
which are generally unknown to the singers
Of the melody, arc very sure 10 be found
tranquility farpin. In tic gusts upon these
Despite The steady and generous influx of
Germans NC remain still An unmusical peo-
pie, 80 that there arc no places In which
you are srre to hear the songs Of the day.
The music cellars aud CONCERT saloons upoa
than the retreats in London Of WHICH Thacke-
rny is so fond Of telling, and TO which Young
Give Newcome repairs in the Ingenn-
ous hope Of seeing the world. The London
cider collars Offer very course re!reshment,
but 1t is very characteristic There the
s.archcr nfter truth may study Tie people
In the songs they love to hear; and he Will
probably henr nothing worse than those
which the gny circles Of Paris assemble to
hear IAt,tte sing. Indeed, the songs Of the
ccllat In London are By No means uniform
" or even generally Offensive on the
score Of morality. There arc CROUCH Of
such, but they arc not the staple. TIE most
popular are songs of ce1taia kiud Of sentt-
meutal md even moral commonplace, with
plentiful nonsense and coarse comedy which
Is not Ia the least comical. Much of the hu-
NOR Is in the local method and alluslon which
III q late number ot Al The Year Round, who
spcsks of the decline and fall Of the popular
eoc-, and who Is appalled, that Ca1npbell's
:" Battle Of the Baliic'' should have given
place to Costcr-mouger joe" seems 10 US
10 sepse sts The aasal e5,I s6 Gs
Bnlak,asa aud My Pretty Jane' By :. An
| mic Laurie" while Coster-luongcr Joe,"
Ike our negro ullnstrelsy, is new thing un-
I Ger the sun.
Besides, more than half Of the popularity Of
taken as they come. Tie difference Of popu.
1arfty for instance, between "Jim Grow"
| and any comparatively unknown negro song
| IL due chiefly to the lact that ~ JIn Grow"
was one Of the earliest OF the kind, and BY
Fosters song, 'Old Folks u Hom.," and
Others. the melody wos sung, played and
| ground until we exnectcd to hear The calrea
low i, ard Tic cocks crow il, but the whole
were known to very few. THEN there Is otten
! vague but recognizable hutnor IN the bread
thcjr pornlarity. II seems that tic "Gcr-
na4 Baaa'' xas an immeaze1y - popular soas
in London. 1t described the woss Of the
husband Of Susanbah, who fell in love with
:he player Of the tiageulet in u German band
ca and was shot. But there Is something
comlcal In such lines us these:
:. Tho E,enrb norn vn, in c. md ibe aa-co1et IN
q,
And The scst Of shem Ill cut of time:
r.. 9% ,hls Aft lire es5s
VINO 5000 la.smng al Tue "1aoo". "nue LII
v,,,S nnn r. ~ It1eeoMs - nea.,,-ect,s.. ua,r.,r
"TA.u ~ 4e4 ~ uoIHse sesN.sss aa" :,
1nis y Simply Inc hu!loE , ., ao'!s ,te,I; NM n
To ~ ean - ofthc w. s;E Tsnni,,ccnt Rr;rE
uniorttedtr Tct.,ir.s -. lilo m.i.s1r tn cxniai,
uneuuotie - ,ra.o,E ,"s t,,Iy nonsInsn
hr hrt tbnno e 9enmcth5n" "cnrlnciy com;ca5 i,
e ny ntctn,S - If l"ndrri, nf nconie attentive
sHe t..tni'se W - q ~ .'aI}n9 nnt ~
Isb w ~ AAN f~"7
Wrlsf enTtus md sor,o f;e,ar. oneo thinking the.
Hnn'd hc M Ias,ra.
: | Vert for wajE. = row, walking ann in arrn,
The night It was dark tic at1eets were very cali
When Ne went out tor spEee;
ea1t "oheo' no" "aa' W rs hny,nt %y '''''
| ,,,5,. IN, that ,sn,,t,it :. nnt..
's'"-e1' ''' >''e< H1rrsh, i,usrah!
10 Iet dc pconls tec
that we, liz magnificent bricks,
, Had made mp our minds for spree:
fai e !eoas g. Dc e. n! ds sS,s 81, ao1aeum'