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Description and Notes
Compos'd by C. Dibdin.
Song from Dibdin's afterpiece opera 'The metamorphoses', arr. on two staves for voice and harpsichord; with a version for the flute or guitar.
In this issue, the fifth system of music begins with the word "happen."
Caption title.
Publisher's initials printed above the flute/guitar version: "J.J." [i.e. John Johnston].
Libretto by the composer, after Molière.
First line: 'Twas in a village near Castle Berry a cobler and his wife did dwell.