The British Musical Biography

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Leeson, Joseph Frederick

[E] Leeson, Joseph Frederick, composer
and organist, was born at Armagh about 1806.
He was an organist and teacher in Arbroath,
and afterwards in Dunfermline, where he died,
on January 1, 1862. He composed a number
of glees, and some songs, among which is
" Oh sing to me the auld Scotch songs "
[1856] , a j)opular but somewhat vulgar
effusion.

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