Record ID:
248379
Creator:
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864.
Title:
Old folks at home : Ethiopian melody as sung by Christy's Minstrels / written and composed by E.P. Christy.
Published:
New York (1 Franklin Sq., New York) : Firth, Pond & Co., c1851.
Notes:
Collation: Title, verso blank, [1-2]; music, [3-]5; blank, [6].
First edition.
For voice and piano.
Composed by Stephen Foster who sold to E.P. Christy. See History of popular music in America / S. Spaeth, p. 103.
Cover title.
Additional verses: p. 5.
First line of text: Way down upon de Swanee ribber.
First line of chorus: All de world am sad and dreary.
A leaf from another copy, numbered 3-4, is laid in collection's copy.
Associated names:
Christy, Edwin Pearce, 1815-1862.
Department:
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