"I told you some while back, that I had written a little piece 'The Trunkmaker' and which I intended for Mr. Keeley -- you then requested me to send it in to the theatre, which I did through Mr. Peake about 10 days ago.."
The verse writer and musical composer George Linley (1798-1865), wrote and composed several hundred songs between 1830 and 1865. Some of his most popular ballads of the period were "Thou art gone from my gaze", "Song of the Roving Gipsey", "Constance", "Minnie", and the music for Robert Burns' poem "The Jolly Beggars". He wrote the English words to "God Bless the Prince of Wales". Good .
Keywords: MUSIC; COMPOSER; SONGS; SONGWRITER; VERSE WRITER; GEORGE LINLEY; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; ALS; A.L.S.; SIGNATURE; THE TRUNKMAKER; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.