An attractive two-bar quotation in blue ink of "Bounce me high" from the second scene of Britten's opera Albert Herring.

Wanting to try his hand at comic opera following the very serious The Rape of Lucretia, Britten composed Albert Herring in the winter of 1946-1947. The libretto, by Eric Crozier, was based on Guy de Maupassant's novella Le Rosier de Madame Husson, with the action transposed to an English setting. Britten conducted the premiere performance on 20 June 1947 at Glyndebourne; though it was not well received initially, the work gained favor with subsequent performances.