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Thomas John Dibdin

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Also known as Thomas Dibdin

British dramatist and song-writer

Person · Open Library

Born
1771
Died
1841
Works
105

Top works

  • Don Giovanni; or, a spectre on horseback
  • The lady of the lake
  • Who's to have her?
  • The ninth statue, or, The Irishman in Bagdad
  • A description of Harlequin in his element, or, Fire, water, earth & air

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1745-03-04
Active to
1814-07-25

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Quotes

  • Daddy Neptune one day to Freedom did say,If ever I live upon dry land,The spot I should hit on wou'd be little Britain!Says Freedom, "Why that's my own island!"  O, it's a snug little island!  A right little, tight little island,  Search the globe round, none can be found  So happy as this little island.
  • Then a very great war man, call'd Billy the Norman,Cried "D--n it, I never lik'd my land."
  • The Dons came to plunder the island;But, snug in the hive, the Queen was alive,And "buzz" was the word in the island.
  • Longing while living for laurel and bays,Under this willow a poor poet 'lays';With little to censure, and less to praise,He wrote twelve dozen and three score plays:He finish'd his 'Life', and he went his ways.

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