page_title: William Lingard
section_title: Major role
hierarchical_section_title: William Lingard / Major role
caption_attribution_description: This is a song sheet for the performance. As it is over 140 years old, it is in the public domain
context_page_description: William Horace Lingard was a 19th century English comic singer.
context_section_description: Lingard is chiefly remembered for the well-known vaudeville song, "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines", sometimes shortened to simply "Captain Jinks." Lingard wrote the lyrics, and the music is attributed to T. Maclagan. It was a popular song of the 19th century, and is still sung to this day, having entered the country-western and bluegrass repertory. The song later became the basis of a stage comedy of the same title, written by Clyde Fitch, and a 1975 opera by Jack Beeson. The song has various renditions.
caption: Song sheet for Lingard's "Captain Jinks" performance, circa 1868.
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