Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-04-10
The story ora Popular Song.

er. Come Home" in one Of the nus'o
halls in London
Having iescbed the ball Ne paid The
admission fee of sixpeuce. There vssa
very neat stage. with ssudy drop-scenes.
side wings, and ,olerable good orchestis.
In the stalls sal the Chairman 10 keep
order over as motley on audience ~ ever
was seen oul OF the gallery Of the Victoria
Theaire. "Cos,ers" seemed to opredomi-
nate. All appeared plertifully supplied
with porter. and all were enjoying their
pipes tn such an exieut as 10 make the
place slmos, suGocsting for there must
have been an audience Of nearly 1--WE hun
hred.
Anigeer "wslS round was jus, being
finished, and The shouts Of "encors
whisring and Stamping OF feet made The
hall perfectly bewlljeTing a name was
announced from the chairman. which We
could not catch. snd amidst clsppine OF
hands and stamping OF teei there WAS
buzz OF This is the song" The val
ter called loudly "sny more orders = and
these being taken and duly executed, oil
seemed to selde down quisly TO listen to
the song. There was the symphony and
another buzz of"This is il T. and began
10 feel anxious. Presently female came
in front OF the curisin, amidst great sp-
plause, aud commenced "Falher, dear
father" etc. Every word was distinct.
snd she sang the ballad with great feeling.
In order. however, to fully describe tha
scene which followed each verse, IL is ne.
cesssry to give "lit,le Mays song
,Fa,her, dear father, come home with me now
The cock in the steepe strikes one! (gons)
You promised dear father, thai you would como
home
As soon as your days work was done.
Our fire has gone out, our house Is all DARK,
/ And mothers been watching since tea
| With poor little Benny so sick In her arms
! And no one to help her but me.
Come home, come home, come home,
/ Please father, dear father, come home
Al the conclusion Of the last line the
drop scene drew up, disclosing the father
siling a, the door of a public house, in a
drunken bemudJled state state, with pipe
and pot before him. LilIle Mary was
trying TO drag him from his seat. si tho
same time pointing 10 a curtain behind. a'
she took up The refrain from the lady and
iouchinply ssng,"Come home" &c.
The other curisin vas drawn aside.
disclosing a wreiched room, with The poor
mother sitting on the ground with sick
looking boy in her lap, and in the act Of
feeding him with spoon.
Simultaneously with the drawing Of
the curtain the ime.ligh. was brough. 10
to bear upon The tsblesu. giving them
truly startling effect. After momen, or
two, the actdrop came down, and The ls-
dy proceeded :
Father, dear father come homo with me nov.
The clock in the sieeple strikes two (gong
gong,)
The night has grown colder, and Benny !, worse,
But be has been calling for you.
Indeed he is worse, morher says be will die,
Perhaps before morning shall dawn,
And this was the message she sent me TO bring
Come quickly, or he will DO gone.'
Come home. come home, come home,
Please father, dear father, come home"
The act drop rises again. snd nov the
child has hold OF The pewter pot. Hying
to take il from the drunken parent, and %
she continues the last two lines, "Como
home" &c the other curtsin 10 drawn
aside, and We mex, zee tho child stretch.
ed on its no,htr's lap. and % IL just rsis-
es its liuls head and falls back With . gasp
with the llme.light rejecting strongly up
on il. there was resiiiy about The whole
terrible 10 view.
Sobs were heard from pats Of The hsll.
coming from the female portion OF the su'
dience, while tears Irickled down macy .
male cheek. We have seen "Sussn
Hopely, 1.-THE Stranger. ""Jsoe Sbors."
East Lynn" and Other affective pieces
played, but never before did ws witosss
such ,eene Of general crying. The
principal feature called TO mind the pic
iurs Of The "Sisl:r Of Mercy" with .hs
dying child in her lap. and the death wss
(esriully natural. Even the lsiy who
sang the song was affected, and coold
scarcely proceed with the third vs"s:
"Fstber, dear father, come home With mo nov.
The clock in the sleeple strikes three! (gong,
gong, gong,)
The house 10 so lonely, The hours ere 20 long.
For poor weeping mother and me-
Yes, we arc alone, poor Benny Is dead,
And gone with tie angels Of light
And these were the very last words that be said,
Il want TO kiss paps- good nishtv
Come home. come home, como home.
Please father, Dear father, come bone"
Aesia the drop rose, disclosing Iist!s
Mary on her knees appealing 10 her fsih-
er, who. With pot elevated. 10 in the SCI Of
striking her with il ss she sings "Coue
Home," and then the back cunsin draws
aside, sbo sing the mother praying over
tie cbild's coffin.
But now the sobs burst out still more
freely and two females were carried ovt
lsin.ing. The scenes Wa tuly hsrfow-
ing. and we gladly turned oof eyes swsy.
An additional verse vi" sung about
Poor Benny" being with The snseIs
above. The drop rose the fs'bef.'oSer
now. is weeping over The coAia with the
mother and liIile Mary on her kpses.
singing. Hone. home, father, dear fsib.
er's cone home
Az rIIis moment the cursin 10 drawn
aside and little Benny 10 suspended over
the coffin with wings. smiling down upon
ihem and pointing upwsrds. The father
falls forward on bis face, the sei-drop de-
scends, and for . minote oil 10 hsshed
ssve The sobs Of the females.
There said workiogosn BY osr