Show the first waits walts waits did not come into existence in a haphazard manner in ancient times they had a definite function to perform and they were all stalwart minstrels attached to the court of the 1 king their duties consisted of tramping the streets at night keeping law and order and proclaiming the time at certain intervals later they developed into wind instrument players and until one hundred years ago had bad an official standing in london it was the custom f for r swains to engage waits to serenade their lady loves at night on payment of a fee but eventually they complained of loss of sleep and the practice was abolished at one time the custom was so established that there was always ways music in one street or another from 1 to 4 a m tit bits magazine |