Research Catalog

Title

The American songster : a collection of songs, as sung in the iron days of 76.

Publication

Norwood, Pa. : Norwood Editions, 1974.

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Details

Description

256 p. : 1 ill.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• American ballads and songs
• Songs, English > United States

Note

• Reprint of the 1840 ed. published by Fisher, Philadelphia.
• Without the music.
• "Limited 100 copies"--T.p. verso.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• All the blue bonnets over the border -- Auld lang syne -- Adventures of Major Long Bow -- Altogether -- All hail to the brave and free -- Alknomook -- Away o'er the blue waves of ocean -- A new Jackson song -- A sodier's gratitude -- All hail to the brave -- And has she then failed -- Betsy Baker -- Boyne water -- Brandy, O -- Battle of New Orleans -- Battle of Plattsburg -- Believe me, if all those endearing young charms -- Bold Kelly -- Blue eyed Mary -- Butter and cheese -- Boneparte's farewell -- Brother Jonathan -- Battle of Bunker Hill -- Battle of the Kegs -- Brave Wolfe -- Billy Barlow -- Birth day of Washington -- Bonnie Doon -- Billy, let's thank providence -- Chit, chat -- Chit-chat for the gentlemen -- Cheer up, my own Jeannette -- Columbian tars -- Columbia's great glory -- Columbia forever -- Dorothy Dump -- Draw the sword, Scotland -- Erie and Champlain -- Female warrior
• (Cont.) Gramachree -- Geoffry's courtship -- Glenara -- Hail Columbia -- Hurrah for the bonnets of blue -- Hey the bonnie breast-knots -- Highland Mary -- Hickory twigs -- Hurrah for the red, white and blue -- Halifax Station -- Hurrah for the sea -- Here's a health to all good lasses -- Hope told a flattering tale -- I have fruit, I have flowers -- I'd be a butterfly -- Immortal Washington -- I have loved thee -- Johnny Bull, my Joe -- Jessie, the flower of Dumblane -- Jeannette and Jeannot -- Jack Monroe -- Kitty Clover -- Kelvin Grove -- King of the Cannibal Islands -- Life let us cherish -- Love was once a little boy -- Let us haste to Kelvin Grove -- London adulterations -- Let this brow on thy bosom recline -- Love among the roses -- Lord Lovel -- Long live America -- Land, ho -- Love has eyes -- Mr. Jones and his kittens -- My bonny lass now turn to me -- My eye and Betty Martin -- My own native land -- Marseilles' hymn of liberty
• (Cont.) New Major Longbow -- Napolean's dream -- No home like my own -- No 'twas no deceptive spell -- Of all the boys -- O 'tis love, 'tis love -- Oh no, I'll never mention him -- Oh yes, we often mention her -- Old Grannan Weal -- Oh saw ye the lass -- Polly Hopkins, and Tommy Tomkins -- Professional dinner parties -- Poor old maids -- Poor little love -- Parliaments of England -- Robert Bruce's address to his army -- Ralph Rosy's rambles, in search of Kitty Clover -- Sailor and farmer's daughter -- Sinclair's defeat -- Stop thief, or The stolen heart -- Saw ye Johnie coming -- The hobbies -- The Minute Gun at sea -- The Irishman -- The hunters of Kentucky -- The royal robes -- The disasters of Jerry Blossom -- The Campbells are coming -- The public robber -- The peasant boy -- Though love is warm awhile -- The voice of her I love -- The young troubadour -- The moon on the lake, or The Macgregor's gathering -- The mail coach -- The minstrel's returned from the war -- The steamboat
• (Cont.) The smile of contentment and love -- The banks of Champlain -- The lady's love song -- The blue bells of Scotland -- The bucket -- The Battle of North Point -- The 'prentice boy -- The cottage and mill -- The dark eyed sailor -- The gallant hussar -- Tall young oysterman -- The handsome cabin boy -- The victory -- The female drummer -- The merry soldier -- The jolly nose -- The lake of the dismal swamp -- The American boy -- The retired soldier -- The good old days of Adam and Eve -- The willow -- The house carpenter -- The American Star -- The Yankee girls -- The flaunting flag of liberty -- The American flag -- The merry Swiss boy -- The land of my birth -- The carrier pigeon -- The downhill of life -- The Yankee volunteer -- Wha'll be king but Charlie -- Where is my lover -- Where's my soldier lover -- Yankee Doodle.

ISBN

088305003X (lib. bdg.)

LCCN

^^^74013590^

OCLC

1905048

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library