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Songs for the audience at W.A. Gordon's musical evenings. No. 1 of the series

Title
Songs for the audience at W.A. Gordon's musical evenings. No. 1 of the series [electronic resource].
Publication
[Philadelphia] : Electrotyped by L. Johnson & Co., Philadelphia., [ca. 1865?]

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American Broadsides and Ephemera

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Additional Authors
  • Janvier, Francis De Haes, 1817-1885.
  • Jefferys, Charles, 1807-1865.
  • Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
  • Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1832-1884.
  • Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892.
  • Hewitt, James, 1770-1827.
Description
1 sheet ([2] p.) : ill.; 33 x 23 cm.
Uniform Title
  • Thrice hail, happy day.
  • Be careful of your money.
  • Viva l'America.
  • Battle song.
  • Sleighing song.
  • Come, oh, come with me.
  • God bless America.
  • Dying soldier.
  • Let the smiles of youth.
  • Hunter's chorus.
  • Johnny Sands.
  • Oaken tree.
  • Boat to the ferry.
  • See the moon o'er cloudless Jura.
  • Maidens of Columbia.
  • Night is come.
  • Oh, come, come away (Tune)
  • Well-known waltz (Tune)
  • Little more cider (Tune)
  • Maids of merry England (Tune)
  • Yankee Doodle (Tune)
  • American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 1813.
Subject
  • Soldiers > Songs and music
  • Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States > Songs and music
  • Money > Songs and music
  • Sleighing > Songs and music
  • Patriotism > Songs and music
  • United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Genre/Form
  • Songs.
  • National songs.
Note
  • Twenty-two numbered songs.
  • L. Johnson & Co. is listed in the Philadelphia directories from 1847 through 1867. Numerous songs refer to the Civil War.
  • Text printed in three columns.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic text and image data.
Contents
Thrice hail, happy day. Air.--Oh, come, come away (first line: Thrice hail, happy day, that speak'st our nation's glory!) -- Be careful of your money (first line: When life is full of health and glee) -- The American Union (first line: The Union! the Union! the hope of the free) -- Vive l'America (first line: Noble republic! happiest of lands) -- Battle song (first line: Marching on! marching on! glad as birds on the wing) -- Sleighing song (first line: Oh, swift we go o'er the fleecy snow) -- Rataplan (first line: What a charm has the drum, with its tanarantan) -- Come, oh, come with me. Air.--A well-known waltz (first line: Come, oh, come with me, the moon is beaming) -- Negro freedman's song (first line: Oh, praise an' tanks! de Lord he come) -- God bless America (first line: God bless our native land) -- The dying soldier (fist line: Oh, wrap the flag around me, boys) -- Let the smiles of youth (first line: Let the smiles of youth appearing) -- Kingdom coming (first line: Say, darkeys, hab you seen de massa) -- The soldier's return (first line: When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah! hurrah!) -- Round. Hunter's chorus (first line: The hunter winds his bugle horn) -- Johnny Sands (first line: A man whose name was Johnny Sands) -- The oaken tree. Air.--A little more cider (first line: I love the songs I used to sing) -- Round. A boat to the ferry (first line: A boat! a boat! to cross the ferry) -- See the moon o'er cloudless Jaru (first line: See the moon o'er cloudless Jura) -- The maidens of Columbia. Air.--The maids of merry England (first line: Oh, the maidens of Columbia) -- Yankee Doodle (first line: A Yankee boy is trim and tall) -- Evening hymn (first line: Glory to thee, my God, this night)
OCLC
aas05001813
Title
Songs for the audience at W.A. Gordon's musical evenings. No. 1 of the series [electronic resource].
Imprint
[Philadelphia] : Electrotyped by L. Johnson & Co., Philadelphia., [ca. 1865?]
Series
American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 1813.
Reproduction
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2005. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 1813).
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Place of Publication
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Added Author
Janvier, Francis De Haes, 1817-1885. American Union.
Jefferys, Charles, 1807-1865. Rataplan.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. Negro freedman's song.
Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1832-1884. Kingdom coming.
Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892. When Johnny comes marching home.
Hewitt, James, 1770-1827. Yankee Doodle.
Added Title
Thrice hail, happy day.
Be careful of your money.
Viva l'America.
Battle song.
Sleighing song.
Come, oh, come with me.
God bless America.
Dying soldier.
Let the smiles of youth.
Hunter's chorus.
Johnny Sands.
Oaken tree.
Boat to the ferry.
See the moon o'er cloudless Jura.
Maidens of Columbia.
Night is come.
Oh, come, come away (Tune)
Well-known waltz (Tune)
Little more cider (Tune)
Maids of merry England (Tune)
Yankee Doodle (Tune)
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