Thomas H Bayley

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Thomas Haynes Bayly was an English poet, songwriter, dramatist and writer. He was born in Bath on 13 October 1797, the only child of Nathaniel Bayly, an influential citizen of Bath: he was related through his mother to the Earls of Stamford and Warrington and the Baroness le Despencer. He displayed a talent for verse from a young age, and in his eighth year was found dramatising a tale out of one of his story-books. He attended Winchester School, <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Thomas+Haynes+

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• “I've now got the music book ready,Do sit up and sing like a ladyA recitative from Tancredi,And something about "Palpiti!"Sing forte when first you begin it,Piano the very next minute,They'll cry "What expression there's in it!"Don't sing English ballads to me!”
• “I'd be a butterfly born in a bower,Where roses and lilies and violets meet.”
• “Sure it is better, when summer is over To die when all fair things are fading away.”
• “Oh no: we never mention her!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her name is never heard;My lips are now forbid to speak&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That once familiar word.”

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