Farewell ladies / written, composed & sung by E.P. Christy.

Record ID: 
222348
Creator: 
Christy, Edwin Pearce, 1815-1862.
Title: 
Farewell ladies / written, composed & sung by E.P. Christy.
Published: 
New York : Jaques and Brothers, c1847.
Notes: 

Same tune as Goodnight ladies.
Title, [1]; blank, [2]; music, 2-4; blank, [6].
Possible first edition of the sheet music.
Caption title.
"Christy's melodies, as composed and sung by them."
Titles on p. [1]: 12 (including "Farwell [sic] ladies").
With lyrics written in stage minstrel dialect.
First line: Now ladies fair to you we'll sing.
"Lith. of Sarony & Major"--Cover.
Illustrated cover design is a tinted lithograph with a portrait of Edwin P. Christy at head, flanked by black cherubs, with caricatured depictions of a minstrel band and black dancers.

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