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Frankly, this mad sergeant is such a wonderful comic creation that I couldn't resist. And, let's face it, it's not like we're overwhelmed with 18th century popular music. Plus, it provides useful illustration to numerous articles, including Charles Dibdin, Isaac Bickerstaffe (the libretto uses the other spelling of his name, which was also one of Johnathan Swift's aliases. Shame on Swift!), Ranelagh Gardens, and The Recruiting Serjeant, which I made for this purpose. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 02:20, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I honestly don't know how you'd label it, "By the way, this piece is performed by a singer who comes from the music hall/parlour ballad tradition, and Dibdin's work was used as parlour ballads? The other one has a lot more definite things you can say, you're asking me to label this with a critique of the singer's style, combined with "guess what purpose the piano arrangment was made for." Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 18:58, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I won't ask that you engage in original research or guesswork to provide a caption. Vassyana (talk) 10:48, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Not promoted. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:30, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]