Music in Scottish Castles and Country Houses

Music in Scottish Castles and Country Houses
Catalogued and surveyed by Dr Roger B. Williams MBE
Hon. Music Advisor to NTS



Master Index – Single Item Selection

BUC : The British Union-Catalogue of Early Music
CPM : Catalogue of Printed Music in the British Library to 1980

Monday 6th October 2025

Links are provided to the relevant      > Composer    > Shelf List     > Song Writer/Librettist     > Printer/Publisher   .. &c ..    in all collections

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Drum Dr 21/18  RBW 632

I'd be a Butterfly! | A Ballad sung with the most rapturous Applause by | Miss Love, | in | Mr. Poole's New Comedy | The Wealthy Widow: | also by | Miss Stephens & Mrs. Waylett. | The Words & Melody by | T.H. Bayly Esqr. | & Dedicated to the Right Honble. | Lady Ashtown
   Willis & Co. .. 55 St James's Street and 7 Westmorland Street, Dublin

pp.1-5  Plate no. RMR 353  

Voice and keyboard

Also: Catalogue: Willis & Co.

Short Title  > I'd be a butterfly!: ballad {from The Wealthy Widow}
Cmp/Arr  > Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839)
Auth/Ed  > Bayly, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Willis & Co.
Performer  > Miss Stephens   |   Miss Love   |   Mrs Waylett