A popular 19th century song and tune. The second two parts (bars 9 - 24) are recognizably "Rosin The Beau" although the "verse" part of the melody is quite different than it is often played/sung. The unusual first part closely resembles an English 6/8 jig called "The Way To Norwich". The first part is in the key of D, the rest of it is in G. The manuscript writer may have meant the *C in bar 17 to be natural. I wonder if the first part was grafted on to make the piece fit the dance figure. G.W. Bennett was a British settler in Midland, Ontario.