Songsheets (general) : Box 1.

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Box file containing mid 19th century songsheets (words only, no music), published by Henry de Marsan (successor to J. Andrews) of 38, 54 and 60 Chatham Street, New York in about 1860. All have illustrated or decorative borders. Titles include: Answer to the dark girl dressed in blue, August the one, The belles of the 'bus, Beautiful Nell, Billy Wilson's Zouaves, Blue violets, The bonnie blue flag, Change for a $10 bill!, The charming woman, Dada, Dada!, Dick Darlin' the cobbler, The dog is dead, Do you ever think of me?, Drummer boy of Waterloo, The drunkard's lone child, Adolphus Morninglory, The dying girl's appeal, Erin adieu, Fairy-Belle, Faithless Maria, The Ghost of Mike Walsh (song rapped out at a spiritual circle held at Dodworth's rooms), The grave of Uncle True, Happy be thy dreams, The happy home, Hard times, Harry Bluff, The hazell dell (song and chorus by Wurzel), He led her to the altar, Homeward-bound, Thou hast cast off the heart that I gave her, The home where roses grew, Hop lite loo, Little pigs, Hurrah for the road, I've wandered by the hut side, Jeff Davis and his uncle, Jeff in petticoats, Jenny Lane, The jersey fisherman, Joe Bowers, Jolly dogs, Judge not a man by the cost of his clothing, Just after the battle, Kingdom coming, Kiss me good-night mother, Lager bier song, Lamentation for J.P. Donnelly, Land of the West, The last rose of summer, Leave me to sleep Biddy, Leonore, Lillie Bell, The hear bowed down by the weight of woe, Little dog stray, The little room where I courted my wife, lon, long weary day, Lorena, Love's young dream, Lucy Long, Maginni's raffle, The man that couldn't get warm, La Marseillaise, The Marseilles hymn, Mary Machree, Matilda Baker, Mc'Donald's return to Glenco, Meagher is leading the Irish brigade, Merry month of May, Miller's song, The minstrel's return from the war, The modest girl, Molly Branigan, The monks of old, The mother of all songs, Mother on the brain, My grand-mother's advice, My heart is sad for thee Annie, My highland home, My mother's customs, My own dear native home, National song: clime beneath whose genial sun, New Jers-A, The new policeman, No one to love, Here in solitude and silence, O gently breathe, Oh! and he loved me dearly, Oh how glad to get home, Oh yes we often mention her, The old bog hole, The old churchyard, The old farm-house, The old folks we loved long ago, The old kirk-yard, Old Parson Brown, The old woman's donkey, One good turn deserves another, On! On! Erin! On!, The organ-grinder, The orphan boy, Our country, Our good ship sails tonight, Our own flag of green, Out for once, Paddy McFadden, Paddy O'Flanagan, Paddy's grave, Paddy's wedding, Par excellence: or the idol of the day, parody on I'm lonely tonight, Parody on Norah O'Neal, or trying to raise a square meal, Patrick Cazey, The peanut stand, The pig, Phoebe dearest, Poor old horse let him die, Pop goes de weasel, The press gang, Prince of Wales, The prince of whales, The country girl and the wicked city chap, Root hog or die (no.4), Rose Atherton, What will you do love, When I went out a skating.

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1 box ; 34 x 33 cm.

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