They commit a mistake.

When judiciously and tastefully performed, it is a charming style of music, and will always give pleasure to the intelligent hearer.

I have heard two young friends, who have attained great skill in scientific and elaborate compositions, execute the simple song of "Low down in the Broom," with an effect I shall not easily forget.

Who that has heard the Countess of Essex, when Miss Stephens, sing "Auld Robin Gray," can ever lose the impression of her heart-touching notes?
In the case of "Auld Robin Gray," the song composed by Lady Anne Lindsay, although very beautiful in itself, has been, I think, a good deal indebted to the air for its great and continued popularity.

The history of that tender and appropriate melody is somewhat curious, and not generally known.