Listen to this song here...

Below is the song sheet's remark at the bottom of the front cover:

'Written, composed and sung by the author at The Oxford & Canterbury music halls.'

The ERA remarked in Arthur's obituary... 'In 1863 Arthur Lloyd wrote and composed “Song of Songs,” the idea being suggested to him by reading on the back of a sheet of music a list of the popular songs. It proved a sensational success, thousands of copies being sold and the publishers reaped handsome profit by the sale.'

And in the ERA Obituary... 'Meantime Mr Arthur Lloyd had found it convenient to write his own songs. Almost his earliest efforts was a medley called “The Song Of Songs,” that started from the base of “I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls with the dark girl dressed in blue.” It had a most extraordinary career of popularity, but did not bring it’s author and composer the large fortune that one sometimes hears of as the guerdon of a comic song, for he sold the rights of publication for a mere trifle.'