BEGONE, DULL CARE (_O.C.S._ 7, _E.D._ 2)

Author unknown. The words occur in various song-books of the
eighteenth century. The tune is seventeenth century, possibly
derived from the 'Queen's Jigg' in the _Dancing Master_.

Begone, dull care, I prithee begone from me;
Begone, dull care, you and I can never agree.

The words were set as a glee by John Sale, and this may be
the music that Dickens knew.

BELIEVE ME, IF ALL JARLEY'S WAXWORKS SO RARE (_O.C.S._ 27)

A parody on the following.

BELIEVE ME, IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS (_B.H._ 55)

Words by _T. Moore_.

Set to the old melody 'My Lodging is on the Cold Ground.' This
appears to have come into existence about the middle of
the eighteenth century. It is found in _Vocal Music, or the
Songster's Companion_, 1775, and it was claimed by Moore to
be an Irish melody, but some authorities deny this. It has
also been claimed as Scotch, but the balance of opinion is in
favour of its English origin (F. Kidson).

BESIDE THAT COTTAGE DOOR, MR. BOFFIN (_O.M.F._)

See p. 133.

BID ME DISCOURSE (_S.B.T._ 4)

Words adapted from Shakespeare's _Venus and Adonis_.

_H.R. Bishop._

BIRD WALTZ (_D. & S._ 29, 38)
_Panormo._

A very popular piano piece of the pre-Victorian period.

BLACK-EYED SUSAN (_A.N._), OR ALL IN THE DOWNS (_P.P._ 3)

Words by _John Gay_. _R. Leveridge._

This song was printed in sheet form previous to 1730, in which
year it appeared in Watts' _Musical Miscellany_, Vol. IV.,
and was also inserted about that time in several ballad operas.

BOLD TURPIN VUNCE (_P.P._ 43)

Mr. Frank Kidson has pointed out that Sam Weller's song is
founded upon a ballad entitled 'Turpin and the Bishop,' which
appears in _Gaieties and Gravities_, by one of the authors
of _Rejected Addresses_. The author is said to be Horatio
Smith. There is a good four-part setting of the words by Sir
F. Bridge.

BRAVE LODGINGS FOR ONE (_P.P._ 29)

Original.

BRITISH GRENADIERS (_B.H._ 49)

The tune as we know it now is the growth of centuries, the
foundation probably being a tune in _The Fitzwilliam Virginal
Book_. The Grenadiers were founded in 1678. The second verse
refers to 'hand grenades,' and the regiment ceased to use
these in the reign of Queen Anne. The author is unknown.

BRITONS, STRIKE HOME (_S.L._)