Isle of Beauty, Fare Thee Well
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Performer: Messenger, Charles
Place Collected: Cerney Wick
Date collected: Between 1913 and 1916
Collector: Williams, Alfred
Roud Number: 2553
This parlour song was written by T H Bayley (1797-1839), an English poet and composer, responsible for songs such as “The Mistletoe Bough”. It has been published in hymnals and is also used as a military march.
Notes by Gwilym Davies 30 March 2016