Davy, JOHN, musician, was born near Exeter in 1763, and died in London in 1824. Many of his songs were great favourites, and though most are forgotten, 'The Bay of Biscay' has never lost popular favour.
Davy, JOHN
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 701–702
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