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Wearing of the green.
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Creator
House, E.H. cmp
Contributor
Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890. lyr
Glenney, T.H. prf
Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870, lithographer.
Dodworth, Harvey B., 1822-1891, publisher.
T. Birch & Son, engraver.
Title
Wearing of the green.
Publisher
New York : H.B. Dodworth, 6 Astor Place
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1865
Date
c1865
Physical Description
5 p. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Notes
Composed by E.H. Green; lyrics by Dion Boucicault; as sung by T.H. Glenney as Shaun The Post In "Arrah Na Pogue" (a play by Boucicault).
Illustration: Full length color lithograph of Irish gentleman (perhaps the singer T.H. Glenney) wearing a short red vest under a longer green vest, both of which are under a long tan coat. One hand is in his pocket. Behind him is a cottage; further in the distance are buildings of a village. Lithographer: J. H. Bufford; engraver: T. Birch & Son, New York.
Irish song.
Included in "Picture the Songs" by Lester S. Levy (Baltimore and London, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976) pp.172-173.
There are two spellings of the lyricist's name: Boucicault and Bourcicault.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Illustrator
Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870, lithographer.
Printer
Dodworth, Harvey B., 1822-1891, publisher.
Printer
T. Birch & Son, engraver.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books Rare| Sheet Music Wearing 8107.F.1
Accession number
8107.F.1
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Civil War Sheet Music
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