Durfey may have written the lyrics himself, adding a coded signature to cock a snook at his detractors (‘ The Town may da - da - da - m me as a poet, but they sing my songs for all that’); or he may conceivably have acted the part himself, for money he appeared to need, and plenty of laughs backstage.
Durfey may have written the lyrics himself, adding a coded signature to compliment at his detractors (‘ The Town may da - da - da - m me as a poet, but they sing my songs for all that’); or he may conceivably have acted the part himself, for money he appeared to need, and plenty of laughs backstage.