June 11th, 1833. SIR, IN consequence of a low puff, in the form of an advertisement, having appeared in several papers, relative to the song of ‘The Old English Gentleman,’ I have presumed to ask the favour of your contradicting the assertion made through that medium, which is entirely false from beginning to end, indeed almost too contemptible to notice, and should have been passed in silence, but that I think such manoeuvres ought to be exposed. It is a fact, that the very man who issued the article in question has been himself prevented from publishing the copy of which he so unjustifiably possessed himself, and of which he accused me of having robbed him! However, to avoid all further contention, I have rewritten and re-set the song, and thus, in future, mean to sing it. This is not the first attack made upon me by the same person, who pirated the ballad of The Maid of Llammelyn when in its height of popularity, and issued circulars and advertisements to say that the song bearing my name was not the popular ballad—a declaration as false as the present. I am, Sir, yours, &c. Hart Street, Bloomsbury Square. |
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