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Births: Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916) - Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902) - Claude Monet (1840 - 1926) - Émile Zola (1840 - 1902) - Thomas Hardy (1840 – 1928)
Deaths: Beau Brummell (1778 - 1840)
Buffalo Gals (c. 1840)
The tune is widespread in American tradition, though as Samuel Bayard (1944) points out, the song is widely disseminated and is now an 'international melody'. Curiously, he thinks the air itself probably originated in Germany, but came to America and was assimilated in 'British style'.
Image sourced here. [Jan 2006]See also: minstrel shows - black music
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