ABSTRACT
I5CavalierTunes Firstpubl.B&Piii(DL),26Nov.1842;repr.I849(whensectioniiiwas renamedBootandSaddle),I863(whenitwasplacedinLyrics:seeAppendix A,II464),I863,I868,I88o,I888.OurtextisI842.Thedateofcomposition isconjectural:Penguinsuggeststheyearofpublication,thebicentenaryofthe startoftheCivilWar,butadatein1836-7,whenB.washelpinghisfriend JohnForstertocompletehisbiographyoftheEarlofStrafford,andworking onhisownplayStl'a.fford(1837),seemsmoreplausible.AnearlyMSdraftof thefirsttwolyricsisintheRobertH.TaylorCollection,Princeton(Princeton MS);thereisafaircopyofthewholepoem,intheTinkerLibraryatYale (YaleMS),watermarked1836.
