SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT
[HE tune of "Lilliburlero" first appeared in print in 1686 in a book of lessons for the flute or recorder. It was described as merely a quickstep. A year later it became popular set to some satirical verses with the mock Irish word "Lilliburlero" as a refrain, referring to the appointment to the Lord Lieutenancy of Treland of General Talbot, just created Earl of Tyrconnel, whose name they mention several times. According to Chappell’s "Popular Music of the Olden Time," the tune of "Lilliburlero" was included, in 1689, in the second part of "Music’s Handmaid" as "a new Irish tune by Mr. Purcell."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 770, 23 April 1954, Page 25
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107SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 770, 23 April 1954, Page 25
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