The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-19

/ When Dean Swif. was writing the "Talf
Of Tub" some one asked him If be dc
signed to add q second part. He gave dc
cided reply in the negative, and fur4Rer, to
assure his readers that when they were
through his work he had 10 more for them
he ipcorporateda paragraph to that effect ~
the body of his book, Informing biz iriehus
that second PARTS were but the crumbs aE.'
scraps of the brains after the feast OF rcaSol'
was over. and that he had too much rcsp@c'
for them TO invite them to least ol Hass
ments. .ho,ch,
If the compiler of this book had thougn1
eou,Jlv we'll in this particular, lne WllIe!
,ynT,,i have been spared the sel!.int.lcted
t,sl. ne nhayinc considerable amount OF trash
y, nrdcr 70 ascertain "wllat manner" OF
hnoc {, is. And where to begin is hard to
Nv Thn "Bc!l No. 9" contains 1S5 pages.
and il therefore much larger than the other
:" H.,l" The poetry is quite on par with
shlt of the other book. We have on page
ice a song in which the phrase Shout the
| t;dnrs" is repeated thirty times. That will
do for an ordinary Song. In another page
| G5G) al wish you well" comes in twenty
| Two times as chorus.
The compiler evidently crowded most OF
his national odes into No. ], rs but few ap-
| pear in No. 2; but TO atone for this neglect
| he brings out the temperance songs Ill full
force. Listen here:
| Good cold water does for lis,
| Costs 40 II >nev, makes none worse,
| Gives no bruises, steals no brains,
| Breeds no Guarrels. woes, nor palnS.'
| Chorus, &c,
| When, in North Carolina corn-field-negro-
STYLE. we make aus" rhyme with "wusS,"
then the above will be very fair, and move
| along briskly but IN our present state of
mental darkness we arc unable TO see where
! lies the poetry. AS Il country editor said
when rejecting some manuscript poems sent
| by contributor for publication, 1.-THE
| rhythm sounds like pumpkins rolling over
barn floor, and some Of the lines appear to
have been measured by yard-stick, and
others by ten.foot pole"
But let us to the music. There Is some
| thing to be said In regard TO that. The
compiler appears to have laborcd under tie
| impression "once good always good" anG
| to have acted accordingly. so We lind tic
most absurd tunes from weekday lite
Scotch songs, love songs, m:rtial airs, aud
,i.r likc-lIcwly arranged, and, arm in arm
| with religious words. paradcd before us in
"so!emn guiSe," like politicians on Their
| way to church. 1t may be wrong, but these
l IL
week and pious on Sunday. They answer
for love songs, whisfiing tunes, and horn
pipcs during the week, and for hymns OF
p,:,iyc en- the Sabbath. But perhaps our
readers think this little ovcr-t!rawn. They
| shall see. We mean to show them through
| fifty or sixty books what kind Of songs are
being used In many localities for Sunday
school purposes. Let lis see il we can make
our case clear.
Some years ago George Root wrote love-
song called "Rosalie. the Prairie FIewer."
| Our friend Of the Bell 80. g came across it.,
| seized it, and ii appears OF page . us "RoUse
Thee, Child of Heaven" There is a very
| popular duet, "Whcn Night Comes Ger the
Plain" which is here nCtamorph0scd into
"When Ligh! Cones o'cr the Plain" and
with very little change in the words, and
none at all in the melody, it is made to answer
for "eyerv day and Sunday, too" Fosters
" Nebber 10 Come Back any More p here be-
comes "Sorrow Shall Come Again No
More,' with melody unchanged. Of another
very sentimental song. verse j. quoted
below that the reader may compare the two:
AID offer thee this hand of mine.
II rot,id uvC thee less;
But heart, warm and purc as thine.
Should never Know Distress
IL offer thee this heart OF mine,
o Go uf holiness;
Nulovc can be 40 pure as Thine,
No ntie: love can bless;
Ny bosom swe!lS with love for Thee,
Great FGInt Of sweetest JOY" etc.
The elect of these songs Oh any Que who
has helrl the original words il very far
from what should be the h2l!owed influence
OF sacred music. Let any one imagine what
would be his state of mind on entering Il
church and hearing "Old Dan Tucker"
sung TO "Jcsus, My Cross Have Taken,'
| and he will have al idea of the inconsruity
that charucterizes this mode of adapting
worldly music to religious words. But to
proceed. One of Glover's duets is arranged
with slight variations from the original COM
posing, md Is known as tho Happy
! Sunday School," and smother, "Mur-
muring Sea-" passes mu,teg under the
Soubrituct of" Heavenly Land" (Sce mges
9S and 17S.) A scrap from one OF Ferdi's
operas is rc-dresEed and made very present.
able rs "Heavcn Bless the School," then
turning over the leaf. we pass from Italy to
r Scotland, and "Scots VIVA Hae' marches
forth with the words "Our Glad Voices lie!
us Raise" but the trio is Only completed BY
turning one page mora, when we find 4 son.
formerly sung
wen dance all night, till broad daylight,
| Anu 20 uo!ue WIFI tue SIflS III tiic l!o'Ai!lS,
now adapted TO Sunday school purposes hy
tie words
"Sins With delight until twilight,
| As ,he lt.rCs Yi!h song In the morning.
A few pages further on we have The music
OF song widely known in England and
this country as Polly put the kettle on,
wen all have tea." The melody is, in faci,
Il Bavarlan waltz; but our friend Of the
Bel lays violent hands on it, ind, with ali
the worldlinecS shaken out Of it, it is known
as the "Teachers' Appeal Tie Scotch
air Il Have Heard the tlayis Singing" is
carved up to make it tit set Of words be-
ginning "Withiu her downy cradle there
worthy Of Mozart GO. Forget Me-" is