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Collection of 5,462 lyric sheets, also known as slip ballads, published in the 19th century and offered for sale by stationers, street-corner vendors, and by catalog through the mail.

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Title: American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection
Description: Collection of 5,462 lyric sheets, also known as slip ballads, published in the 19th century and offered for sale by stationers, street-corner vendors, and by catalog through the mail.
Contributor: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896 (Collector), Wolf, Edwin, 1911-1991 (Compiler)
Date: 1850-1870
Identifier: Islandora:ASP01

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: MY NICK-NAME IS BARNEY.; My nick-name is Barney: Och, I am a devil (3 vs. and chor.) Air: Flaming O'Flannagans. Composed and sung by G. W. Anderson, the Irish Vocalist; publ. De Marsan (1). T. o. border. 23.3 x 14.9 cm.

: MY NORMANDY.; Hope whispers me, when summer comes (3 vs.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan musical instruments border, col. 25.1 x 16.4 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 635; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border, col. 24.9 x 15.6 cm., Variant: c. [As above; with COURAGE, MOTHER, I AM GOING on recto.] 24 x 15.6 cm.

: MY NORTHERN BOY TO THE WAR HAS GONE !; My Northern Boy to the war has gone (3 vs.) Air: The M[i]nstrel Boy. By John Ross Dix., Variant: a. Cop: 1864, Magnus, SDN.Y. Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 204, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 19.5 x 10.5 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] with adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 132, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.4 x 12.7 cm.

: MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME, GOOD NIGHT.; The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. [Publ.] De Marsan (4). De Marsan Ethiopian border, col. 25.6 x 16.3 cm., Variant: b. Without "Good Night" in title; sheet no. 77; publ. U.S. Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh. T.o. border. 22.5 x 14.7 cm., Variant: c. No imprint. T.o. border. 22.5 x 15 cm.

: MY OWN DEAR NATIVE HOME.; There was a place, in childhood (2 vs. and chors.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan kissing cupids border, col. 24.7 x 16.1 cm., Variant: b. Written and sung by Frank Spear, with Budworth and Campbell's Wood's Minstrels; sheet no. 925; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Ethiopian border. 24 x 15.6 cm.

: MY OWN, MY GENTLE MOTHER.; My own, my gentle mother, why (2 vs. and chor.) Adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 199, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.3 x 12.6 cm.

: MY OWN NATIVE LAND.; I've roamed over moun- tain, I've crossed over flood (3 vs.), Variant: a. Publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 23.4 x 14.4 cm., Variant: b. [Without period at end of title;] Revised and published expressly for the use of the Public Schools, and taught by Mr. T. Myers, the Blind Teacher; adv: Johnson's New Catalogue of Songs; publ. Johnson (2). A-J border. 22 x 13.3 cm., Variant: c. With short lines and some differences in wording; printed and sold at No. 404 Vine above Fourth street. T. o. border; Indian smoking pipe. 19 x n cm., Variant: d. "Roved" instead of "roamed" in first line; short lines; differences in wording of text; sheet no. 449; publ. Wrigley (3). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.1 x 15.8 cm.

: MY POOR DOG TRAY.; On the green banks of Shannon, when Shelah was nigh (6 vs.) Print. Andrews; adv: All the New Songs. T. o. border, with ornamental corners. 23 x 14.5 cm.

: MY PRETTY GAZELLE.; Come hither, my pretty gazelle (2 vs.) Sheet no. 683; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border, col. 25.1 x 15.5 cm.

: My Pretty Red Rose.; He gave me a pretty red rose (2 vs. and chor.) Words and Music by Joseph P. Skelly; [publ.] H.M. Wilson, No. 1330 Columbia Avenue; adv: Headquarters for all the most Popular Songs. T.o. border with ornamental corners; basket of flowers. 20.5 x 11.5 cm.

: MY SWEET WIFE, MY SALLIE.; The night is dark- the bitter wind (4 vs.) Air: The Girl I left behind me., Variant: a. By John Ross Dix; cop: 1864, Charles Magnus, SDN.Y. Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 168a, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] with adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). 20.1 x 12.5 cm.

: MY TRUE LOVE IS A BUTCHER BOY.; My true love is a Butcher Boy, I would have you all to know (6 vs.) Air: The Salieur Boy. Composed by J. J. Allen; cop: 1860, H. De Marsan, SDN.Y.; publ. De Marsan (2). De Marsan clown border; col; cop: 1860, H. De Marsan, SDN.Y. 25.5 x 17.4 cm.

: MY YOUNG WIFE AND I.; I merrily sing from morn till night (4 vs. and chor.) Written and sung, with unbounded applause, by Harry Richmond; [publ.] De Marsan (4). De Marsan kissing cupids border. 24.9 x 16 cm.

: NANCY BELL OR OLD PINE TREE.; Oh darkies, now I'm going to sing (3 vs. and 2 chors.), Variant: a. Print. Andrews. Andrews ivy border. 22.9 x 13.6 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] with Astley's imprint added. 23.8 x 14.8 cm., Variant: c. [Publ.] De Marsan (4). De Marsan kissing cupids border. 24 x 15.5 cm.

: NANCY FAT.; Oh, Nancy Fat, she was a gal (4 vs. and chor.) Sheet no. 1256; Sung by Dave Reed, of Bryant's Minstrels; Music obtained at Wm. A. Pond andCo.; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Ethiopian border. 23.8 x 14 cm.

: NANCY GRAY.; I fell in love with Nancy Gray (3 vs. and chor.) Print. Andrews. T. o. border. 22.9 x 13.6 cm.

: NANCY TEASE.; How is you white folks, one and all (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Print. Andrews. T. o. border. 23.8 x 15.3 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] with Astley's imprint added. 23.9 x 15 cm.

: NANCY TILL.; Down by de cane brake (3 vs. and chor.) Headed: ''Popular Song"; Sung Nightly with Tremendous Applause, by all the Minstrel Bands., Variant: a. Print. Andrews. Andrews ivy border. 24.4 x 15.2 cm., Variant: b. [Without heading or singers' names;] with "the" in first line in place of "de". A-J border. 19.9 x 12.1 cm., Variant: c. Publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan Ethiopian border, col. 24.6 x 16 cm., Variant: d. [Without heading or singers' names;] publ. Johnson (4); advs: Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, etc. T.o. border. 20.2 x 11.5 cm. (cropped)

: NAPOLEON'S FAREWELL TO PARIS.; Farewell! ye splendid citadel, metropolis, called Paris (5 vs.) Publ. De Marsan (2). De Marsan horned imp border. 25.5 x 16.8 cm.

: NAPOLITAINE.; Napolitaine, lam dreaming of thee (2 vs.), Variant: a. As sung by Carncross, at Sanford's Opera House; 2nd song: "Happy Moments"; publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 23.2 x 15 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 474; publ. Wrigley (1) [with 2nd imprint within border;] [COLUMBIA'S GLORIOUS RULLING LIBERTY on recto.] Wrigley military cupid border, col. 23 x 15.6 cm.

: THE NATION IS WEE PING.; Lincoln has fallen! the good and great (4 vs. and chor.) Air: Under the willow she's sleeping. By Louise S. Upham., Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan ship border, with war scenes in lower cor- ners; flag, cannon, mourning woman leaning on tomb under willow. 25.1 x 16.8 cm., Variant: b. With period and dash after "Air"; "Willow" and Sleeping in Air; publ. Johnson (2). Head of Lincoln. 20.4 x 10.8 cm., Variant: c. With "Willow" in Air; publ. Magnus (1). Letter paper; mourning border; hdpc. Magnus 1. 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: d. With period and dash after "Air", and quotation marks around its title; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border; tomb under willow with 2 figures looking on. 24.5 x 15 cm.

: THE NATION MOURNS.; From all churches (5 vs.), Variant: a. Publ. Magnus (1). Mourning border; letter paper; hdpc. Magnus 7. 20.4 x 12.6 cm., Variant: b. Letter paper; hdpc. Magnus 7. 19.1 x 12.8 cm.

: A NATION MOURNS HER MARTYR'D SON.; A Na- tion mourns her martyr'd Son (3 vs. and chor.) Headed: "In Memory Of Abraham Lincoln Sixteenth President of the United States"; with quotation: "An Honest Man's the Noblest Work of God"; words by Alice Hawthorne [Septimus Winner]; music by Sep. Winn

: NATIONAL ALPHABET.; A stands for Abraham, Chief of the Land (40 lines) As W[r]itten, Arranged and Printed with Consent of Dick Watkins, Olympic Music Hall, Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa., October 14th, 1862. T. o. border. 30.4 x 16 cm.

: NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE PORT STEERAGE MESS, U.S. FLAG SHIP "PHILADELPHIA."; As we lay in the creek, tired to death and half sick (14 vs.) Air— Robinson Crusoe. Letter paper. 26.1 x 19.9 cm.

: National Battle Cry.; Let the sons of freedom rouse (5 vs.) Headed: "National Statistics. Arranged by M.J. Greene; By M.J.G.; statistics below poem and on verso; cop: 1861, M.J. Greene, EDPa.; print. M'Farland & Thomson. Double-line border; eagle with flag. 20.3 x 12.4 cm.

: THE NATIONAL FAST.; Our nation is bending (12 vs.) [Signed] Miss Rebecca F. Peers. For the National Fast, September 26th, 1861. Camden, N.J. T. o. border. 20 x 11.3 cm.

: NATIONAL GUARD MARCHING SONG.; A sound through the nation is rolling amain (4 vs.) Air.—"Lutzow's Wild Chase." Dedicated to Col. P. Lyle; publ. Du Bree. T. o. border; seated woman holding flag. 23.7 x 13.5 cm.

: NATIONAL GUARDS SONG; We are the gallant little band (4 vs. and chor.) Air—"Lazy Club." Dedicated to Company I, by J. Tittermary! [publ.] Johnson (2); adv: Printing of all description. A-J border. 19.9 x 12.3 cm. (cropped)

: NATIONAL HYMN.; Ira the name of Jehovah our banner we raise (4 vs. and chors.) [Air:] Moore's Song, [with slight variations] With explanation beginning: "The following hymn is copied from the new book of 'Poems' "..., by T. H. Stockton, Chaplain to Congress; for sale at

: A NATIONAL SONG, FOR FOREFATHERS' DAY, 1869.; Hail, ye sons of brave sires! whose Forefathers, free (7 vs. and 4 chors.) Air.—"The Star Spangled Banner." By C. C. Haven. 19.5 x 24.5 cm.

: NATIONAL THANKSGIVING ODE.; Ancient of Days! before whose throne (9 vs.) Air—Old Hundred. By C. C. Haven; Trenton, N.J., November, 1863. Single-line border with ornamental corners! (Library Company copy has insc. reading: "John A. McAlister with the respects of C. C. Haven 77.") 27.

: THE NATIONAL UNION.; Oh! who would strike the recreant blow (5 vs. and 2 chors.) Air, "Auld Lang Syne." Headed: "Hymn For The Union"; by Chas. Collins, Jr.; print. T. Sinex; with explanation of song beginning: The following lines were written and dedicated by permission, to the Hon. Henry Clay, February 1851..." T.o. border. 20.5 x 13.5 cm.

: THE NATION'S FLAG.; Shall that proud flag now be riven (5 vs.) [in MS.: Air.—"Gay and Happy".] 16 x 11.7 cm. (cropped: apparently a proof.)

: THE NATION'S LAST CALL.; Now men of the North! will you join in the strife (6 vs.) Headed: "Leaflets for Soldiers and their Mothers"; [from the] Atlantic Monthly; 2nd song: "The Young Patriot's Answer. "Kiss Me, Mother, And Let Me Go"; 3rd song: "The Mother's Assent. "I've Kissed Him, And Let Him Go:; 4th song: "The Mother's Prayer"; [in MS: "Got up by Mr. J.D. Steel of Brooklyn - the Stereotype plates now in possession of L.I. Hist. Soc.] T.o. border in red; blue ink; seal of the United States and flag, col. 43.6 x 20.1 cm.

: THE NATION'S PRAYER. (A SONG FOR THANKS- GIVING DAY, 1863.); God of our fathers, hear our earnest cry (5 vs. with music for 1st vs.) Words by Wm. H. Burleigh; Music by Wm. Henry Burr; advs: Waters' Choral Harp, and Also Just Issued: "Shall we know each other there", etc.; publ. Waters (1); for sale by N. P. Kemp & Graves & Young, Buffalo, N.Y.; cop: 1863, E.A. Daggett, SDN.Y.; Warren, Music Stereotyper. T.o. border. 23.3 x 28.5 cm.

: THE NATION'S SCOURGE, A VOICE FROM OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. A NATIONAL ODE.; Wake! Sons of the North! Lo! your Country is calling{1 vs.) Tune — Scotland, or Voice of Free Grace. Written by Miss Harriet E. Banks; Composed By Her Father, Respectfully Dedicated to His Excellency Governor Curtin; Copyright Secured; Publ, and sold wholesale and Retail at the Poplar Street Picture Frame and Stationery Store, No. 907 Poplar St., Philadelphia, T.o. border. 24 x 13.5 cm.

: Native American Song Sheets

: NATURE'S WOODLAND CALL; Pleasure roams wild in the woodlands (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Sheet no. 612; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Ethiopian border, col. 24.9 x 15.7 cm., Variant: b. [As above; with GIDEON'S BAND on recto.] 24.8 x 15 cm.

: NEAR THE BANKS OF THAT LONE RIVER.; Near the banks of that lone river (2 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Sung by E. H. Winchell, at Bryants' Minstrels, 472 Broadway, N.Y.; publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan clown border. 24.4 x 16 cm., Variant: b. Publ. Magnus (1); adv: Magnus' Ornamental and Glorious Union Packet. Letter paper; double-line border; hdpc. Magnus 201, col. 20.4 x 12.5 cm., Variant: c. Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 214, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.4 x 12.6 cm., Variant: d. Advs: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2), and Ten Illustrated Songs. Letter paper; double-line border; hdpc. Magnus 233a, col. 20.5 x 12.6 cm.

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