Note 38 — WALTER HAMILTON, (continued 8)

Mr. J. L. Hatton, the composer of Old Simon the Cellarer, The Friars of Orders Grey, The Leather Bottel, “Good bye, Sweetheart, good bye,” and a number of other popular songs and ballads, died at Margate in September 1886, at the age of 77. He had long been connected with the Orchestras of the principal London theatres.