Record ID:
225639
Creator:
Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895.
Title:
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! : The prisoners [sic] hope / words & music by Geo. F. Root.
Uniform title:
Tramp, tramp, tramp
Published:
Chicago (95 Clark Street, Chicago) : Root & Cady, c1864.
Notes:
Collation: Title, advertisement on verso, [1-2]; music, [3-]5; advertisement, [6].
Song; for voice and piano; refrain set for chorus (SATB) and piano.
Illustration: title set within an oval frame. Around the frame is a floral border and scenes illustrating five popular song titles: The vacant chair, Silent lute, Who'll save the left, Battll [sic] cry of freedom, and Within sound of the enemy's guns / Copcutt-Williams Sc.
First line of text: In the prison cell I sit.
First line of refrain: Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching.
Advertisement for Mason & Hamlin cabinet organs and additional music on p. [2]; advertisement for "The musical curriculum: the pianoforte" on p. [6].
Possible first ed.
Associated names:
Copcutt, engraver.
Williams, illustrator.
Department:
Music Collection: