Song
The Song Of All Songs - Wellington Harwood MS
Source: Harwood MS via Ken Heaman
Composer: Stephen Foster 1868
Region: South West
Circa: 1849-1900
Year: 1894

A Stephen Foster song that mashes up the titles of dozens of other popular songs of the mid-1800s. Wellington "Wag" Harwood (1859-1911) was a farmer who lived his entire life in East Zorra Township in Oxford County. (near Woodstock) He was well-known locally as a singer and a guitarist. He compiled a manuscript of words to the songs in his repertoire. Someone gave a photocopy of them to my friend Ken Heaman, and he gave it to me. They are a mix of music hall favourites, parlour songs, and folk songs. There's a complete list at the bottom, but they're not all transcribed yet. There is no musical notation with any of these, but you can usually find the tunes online somewhere. See the YouTube link below.


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