THE

COMIC SONG BOOK.

EDITED BY

J. E. CARPENTER.

"Why should critics carp at songs,
Or classic scales apply?

To them alone this freight belongs,
Who'd rather laugh than cry;
For neither pedant nor for prude,
These sonnets took their birth,
But are dished-up as pleasant food
For social sons or

GEO ALEX. STEVENS.

LONDON:

ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE,

FARRINGDON STREET.

NEW YORK: 56, WALKER STREET,

1863.

280. m. 165.