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Charles Dibdin 1745-1814, English songwriter and theatrical entrepreneur. His best-known songs are from his ballad operas, such as The Bells of Aberdovey from Liberty Hall (1785) and To Bachelors' Hall and Tom Bowling from The Oddities (1789).

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Dibdin, Charles (1745–1814), actor, dramatist, and song-writer, is best remembered for his sea songs, including ‘The Lass that Loved a Sailor’ and ‘Tom Bowling’. He wrote many musical entertainments (including The Waterman, 1774) and dramatic monologues; also an autobiography, The Professional Life of Mr Dibdin… with the Words of Six Hundred Songs (4 vols, 1803), in which he describes his relations with Garrick and others.

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