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1 1 y separately published work icon For the Term of His Natural Life Marcus Clarke , David Cope (composer), 1927 (Manuscript version)8082029 8081975 1927 single work lyric/song

Marcus Clarke's daughters, Rose Amelia Louisa Bradly and Ethel Marian Marcus Clarke, applied for the copyright of this song, adapted from Marcus Clarke's work, in 1927.
1 Bootles' Baby Charles Bradley , David Cope (composer), 1888 single work drama humour

Grace Harcourt leaves her baby at the army barracks after she has been jilted by its father, and her secret husband, the despicable Captain Gilchrist. The baby, named Mignon, is raised by Captain Ferrers (familiarly known as Bootles) with the help of the motherly Mrs Simmons, who has thirteen children of her own.

In the second act, set some five years later, Ferrers falls in love with Grace, who is now the companion to Lady Deveraux. Gilchrist meanwhile has begun to court Lady Devereaux. Grace exposes her ex-husband, and shortly afterwards, in the third act (set in a room overlooking the Blanktown racecourse), Gilchrist is thrown from his horse while riding in a hurdle race. With Grace now free to marry Ferrers, the baby's identity is finally made known.
1 Hail Victoria David Cope , 1887 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: The Victorian Jubilee Book : In Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's Accession to the Throne 1887; (p. 11-18)
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