Talk:A-Hunting We Will Go

Arne's authorship
"written by Thomas Arne. It was written by Arne for the 1777 production of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera at Covent Garden in London. It was originally performed by Margaret Kennedy who was playing the role of MacHeath in the production. Source: Boucé, Paul-Gabriel. Sexuality in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Manchester University Press, 1982. (p. 250)"

The work mentioned in that book is unrelated to the subject of this article. It was written by Henry Fielding in his play Don Quixote in England, and Arne wrote a new tune for it for The Beggar's Opera. See, , , &c. Beleg Tâl (talk) 21:21, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

I saw something connecting the song "A-Hunting We Will Go" to Thomas Arne in a crossword puzzle. So I wanted to research the connection so Googled the song title, which led to the Wikipedia article as well as http://www.singing-bell.com/a-hunting-we-will-go-lyrics/. If the above editor is correct, then perhaps his/her explanation should be made part of the article to correct the misconceptions that people seem to have and the "Compositions by Thomas Arne" should be deleted at the bottom. I'm no expert myself on this, so do not wish to take responsibility for it.BlueIris2 (talk) 04:39, 9 October 2016 (UTC)