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Show THE MOST FAMOUS S0NGL. An Air Familiar to Almost Every Cun try In ths World. A Iondon imper recently asked tne question, "Which Is tho, world' most famous song?" and then proceeded if make no tinextn-ctcd answer namely, tbut It Is not "Auld Long Hyno," "Annie "An-nie Iiurle." "Uorae. Sweet Home," "God Siive the King." "America." The Wntcli on tho Rhine," 'Tho Mnr-Hclllalse" Mnr-Hclllalse" or "The LnBt Hom of Bummer." Bum-mer." all of which would eem to bo probable candidates for tho honor What Is It, ttienV ' The answer Is "Mai brook." whose refrains, "Wo won't C lioint till monilug" mid "for tic's n Jolly good fellow," nro equally familiar In Europe and In America. The nlr of the Rong dun been suns In Europe since the tlmo of tho cruandes. when It was carried to the cast nnd ho became familiar to Turks nnd Arabs The modernization of tho song dates from some tlmo after the brittle of Mat-plnquet, Mat-plnquet, when It was tlrxt sung by n French muse at Versailles, whence It spread to Paris nnd throughout France and, as has been said, guvi- Hit- ureal Duke of Marlborough more celebrity than all his victories. The words wen-printed wen-printed on fnim nnd Hen-ens nnd wen-sung wen-sung In pnlaeeH nnd mi the Htrerta. The still further mixlerulzntlnn Tor tho exigencies of rolsteiluu mejody was the Inst touch which Insured the song universal popularity Incorporated Incorpo-rated In opera loufro by Ktzet, sung by Marie Antoinette In the Tullerles, in troduced by Henumarchnls In "The Marriage of Figaro" nnd by lleetuoven In his Bymphony and hummed by the great Napoleon whenever bo entered a battle, the air or "MnlbrooU" has liter, ally sung Itself Into the heart of tho world. And Du Mnurler iindertind Its Infinite Infi-nite possibilities when ho had Trilby transform It Into u great lyric tragedy. |