( I don't know why I bothered )Notes: None of the songs are of my own invention. "Amsterdam" was written by Jacques Brel, and was later covered by the Dresden Dolls. It is not from the period, but from several decades later. However, both "Bonnie Bet" and "Only a Violet I Pluck'd From Mother's Grave" are from the period - the lyrics from "Bonnie Bet" were published in a Victorian-era journal called the Pearl, and "Only a Violet..." Well... We'll call it foreshadowing for now.
( For the First Time )A note on "Lipski": "Lipski" was a derogatory term used to refer to the Jews, particularly in the Whitechapel District, particularly around the time of the Ripper slayings. After Elizabeth Stride was murdered, a man named Israel Schwartz claimed to have seen her with a man at about the time of her murder. The man threw her to the ground, and she screamed. Then the man looked up and called out "Lipski!" At that moment, a second man came out of the shadows. Frightened for his life, Schwartz ran, followed by the second man. He eventually managed to lose his pursuer. Nothing ever came of Schwartz's story.
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