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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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: WILL YOU LOVE ME THEN AS NOW.; You have told me that you love me (3 vs.) Published by S. Gordon (3)., Variant: a. Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 231, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: b. Adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; blue ink; single-line border; hdpc. Magnus 247b, col. 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: c. [As above;] hdpc. Magnus 247c, col. 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: d. Publ. Magnus (1). Letter paper; single-line border; bronze ink; hdpc. Magnus 251, col. 20.5 x 12.6 cm.

: Will you Love Me When I'm Old; I would ask of you, my darling (3 vs. and chor.) Sheet no. 211; The music will be sent, post-paid, on receipt of 35 cents, by the firm that sent you this; publ. World Manufacturing Company. T.o. border. 24 x 14.9 cm.

: WILLIAM OF THE FERRY.; Near Clyde's gay stream there liv'd a maid (4 vs.) Sheet no. 203; publ. Wrigley (1); [with DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE I STRAY on recto.] Wrigley kissing cupids border. 25 x 15.5 cm.

: WILLIAM PRICE.; Your sharp Treason Bill, Wm. Price, Wm. Price (16 vs.) Air—"John Todd." [By James Hodges;] with footnote on subject: "Mem- ber of the Maryland 'State Senate and author of the in- famous 'Treason Bill'." Double-line border. 34.8 x 8.8 cm.

: WILLIE AND l.; We love to go to Sabbath School, - Willie and I (4 vs.) 2nd song: "Children's Invitation"; adv: The following Hymns can be had at Johnson's (2). T. o. border. 23.8 x 16.3 cm.

: WILLIE HAS GONE TO THE WAR.; The blue bird is singing its lay (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Sung by R. Simpson; publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan ship border, with war scenes in lower corners. 25.5 x 16.3 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] [publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan kissing cupids border. 22 x 14 cm., Variant: c. Words by George Cooper; music by Stephen C. Foster; advs: Ten illustrated Songs, and 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 66, col.; publ. Magnus. 21 x 13.2 cm., Variant: d. [As above; without adv: Ten illustrated Songs.] Letter paper; single-line border; hdpc. Magnus 108, col. 19.5 x 11.5 cm., Variant: e. Words by George Cooper; music by Stephen C. Foster; music published by Win. A. Pond and Co.; sheet no. 882; sold by Partridge (2). T. o. border. 20 x ll cm., Variant: f. [As above;] sheet no. 1172; [imprint cropped.] Wrigley Ethiopian border. 20.5 x 12.7 cm.

: WILLIE WE HAVE MISSED YOU.; Oh, Willie, is it you, dear, safe, safe at home (3 vs.) By the highly popular author Stephen C. Foster; music obtained of Firth Pond and Co. (1)., Variant: a. Print. Andrews. T. o. border. 23.7 x 14.6 cm., Variant: b. Adv: Ten illustrated Songs, publ. Magnus (1). Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 138, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.4 x 12.5 cm., Variant: c. Adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 217, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.5 x 12.5 cm., Variant: d. With comma and exclamation point in title; [without author's name and "music obtained of . . ."] T. o. border; two clasped hands. 22.8 x 15 cm.

: WILLIE'S ON THE DARK BLUE SEA.; My Willie's on the dark blue sea (5 vs. and 2 chors.), Variant: a. Print. Andrews. T. o. border. 20.4 x n.8 cm., Variant: b. Publ. De Marsan (2). De Marsan horned imp border. 24.2 x 16 cm., Variant: c. Publ. Johnson (2); adv: Cards, Circulars, Bill-Heads, etc. A-J border. 24 x 15.5 cm.

: WILLIE'S WELCOME HOME. ANSWER TO WILLIE, WE HAVE MISSED YOU.; Yes, Annie dear, my lov'd one (3 vs.) Words by A. Fleetwood; music by A. Von Smit; [publ.] De Marsan (1). De Marsan kissing cupids border, col. 24.2 x 15.8 cm.

: WINSOME WINNIE.; Where the sun, when daylight's closing (3 vs.) As sung by Bryants' Minstrels; [publ.] De Marsan (1). De Marsan Ethiopian border, col. 24.6 x 15.8 cm.

: WITCHING DINAH CROW.; As sung nightly at White's Melodean, by his popular Band of Minstrels. Now darkies, I will tell you (3 vs.) T.o. border. 22.5 x 15 cm.

: WITCHING DINAH CROW.; Now, darkies, I will tell you (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Print. Andrews. T. o. border. 22.8 x 14.6 cm., Variant: b. Title: "Unlucky Dinah Crow"; publ. Peckham (1). T. o. border. 23.4 x 15.5 cm.

: WITH A HELMET ON HIS BROW.; With a helmet on his brow (2 vs.) A-J border; eagle with thunder bolts. 20.3 x 14.2 cm. (cropped)

: WITH ALL MY SOUL THEN LET US PART.; With all my soul then let us part (2 vs.) 2nd song: "Take Back Those Gems"; print. Andrews. T. o. border. 20.9 x 12.1 cm.

: WOMAN'S LOVE.; When man is waxing frail, and his hand is thin and weak (7 vs.), Variant: a. 2nd song: "Man's Love"; publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan comic heads border. 23.6 x 15.8 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 341; publ. Wrigley [address imperfectly printed]. Wrigley military cupid border. 24.4 x 15.1 cm.

: WOMEN AND WINE.; Let Sons of Slaughter try their skill (5 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. With epigram "Glee" at end of song; publ. De Marsan (2). De Marsan horned imp border. 23.9 x 16 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 981; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.2 x 15.8 cm.

: WONDER OF THE AGE.; I'd often heard when quite a boy (4 vs.) Sheet no. 1006; written and sung by Tony Pastor; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.5 x 15.5 cm.

: THE WONDERFUL IRISHMAN.; There was a lady lived at Leith, a lady very stylish, man (6 vs.), Variant: a. [Publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan military cupid border. 24.6 x 16.2 cm., Variant: b. With short lines; sheet no. 640; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley horned imp border, col. 24.4 x 15.6 cm.

: WON'T WE BE A HAPPY PEOPLE WHEN THIS WAR IS OVER.; We'll gladly hail the happy day (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. With 2 exclamation points in title; words by A.W. Livingston; music by Philip Phillips; John Church, Music Publisher; publ. Auner (5). A-J border. 23.8 x 15.1 cm., Variant: b. [Without apostrophe in "Won't"; but with words and music as above;] publ. Johnson (2); [sold by] Johnson and Cartlitch. 18.1 x 10.6 cm., Variant: c. Title as above. 18.7 x 10.6 cm.

: WON'T YOU VOLUNTEER.; Come, boys, come, girls, wont you volunteer (4 vs. and chor.) Print. Johnson (2). 19.1 x n.7 cm.

: THE WOOD -ROBIN.; Stay, sweet enchanter of the grove (3 vs.) Sheet no. 662; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border, col. 24.5 x 15.7 cm.

: THE WOODPECKER.; I knew by the smoke, that so gracefully curl'd (3 vs. and chor.) 2nd song: "Colleen Bawn"; [publ.].De Marsan (4). De Marsan Ethiopian border. 24.5 x 15.9 cm.

: A WORD FOR THE HOUR.; The firmament breaks up. In black eclipse (27 lines) By John G. Whittier, Amesbury, 16th day of 1st month, 1861. ;2.2 x 8.4 cm.

: WORK, BOYS, WORK.; I'm not a wealthy man, but I've hit upon a plan (4 vs. and chor.) Air: Prisoner's Hope. Sung by Harry Richmond; publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan clown border. 24.3 x 15.5 cm.

: THE WORLD IS TOPSY TURVY.; The world is topsy turvy as ev'ry one knows (5 vs. and chors.) As sung by E. F. Dixey, Esq.; cop: 1864, Sep. Winner, EDPa.; Sep. Winner's Music Store (3); publ. Auner (5). T. o. border. 20.1 x n.8 cm. (cropped)

: WOULD I WERE A BOY AGAIN.; O, would I were a boy again (2 vs.) 2nd song: "Would I Were A Girl Again"., Variant: a. Print. Andrews. T. o. border. 23 x 14.5 cm., Variant: b. [Without comma in first line;] sheet no. 100; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley military cupid border. 25.3 x 16.4 cm.

: WOULD I WERE WITH THEE.; Would I were with thee, every day and hour (4 vs.), Variant: a. Publ. Auner (4). A-J border. 23.3 x 15.3 cm., Variant: b. Publ. Auner (5). 20.2 x 11.9 cm.

: THE WOUNDED SOLDIER.; I'm lying wounded here (13 vs.) Sheet no. 760; sold by Partridge (2). T. o. border. 20.4 x 12.2 cm.

: A WOUNDED SOLDIER TO HIS COMRADES.; We'll never go back on McClellan, Boys (6 vs. and chor.) Publ. Auner; [signed] A. F. H. Multi-line border. 23.2 x 14.7 cm.

: THE WOUNDED SOLDIER'S APPEAL.; Kind friends, a soldier, brave and true (12 vs.) The undersigned, a brave soldier of the Army of the Potomac, asks the aid of the people to enable him to sup- port a wife and five children, who have no other means of subsistence . . ., Variant: a. Headed: "Price Ten Cents"; [signed] David Gingry, Jr.; Philadelphia "Press" Job Print. Double-line border. 23.9 x 15 cm., Variant: b. With variant in preface to song ". . .to support an aged widowed mother and himself, as they have no other means of subsistence . . ."; [signed] C. W. Davids; adv: Price Ten Cents. T. o. border; yellow paper. 25.3 x 20.6 cm.

: Wrigley Ethiopian border; Sample image scanned from: Wolf 59b, One of 21 unique song sheet border designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).

: Wrigley horned imp border; Sample image scanned from: Wolf 139f, One of 21 unique song sheet border designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).

: Wrigley kissing cupids border; Sample image scanned from: Wolf 118b, One of 21 unique song sheet border designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).

: Wrigley military cupid border; Sample image scanned from: Wolf 75b, One of 21 unique song sheet border designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).

: Wrigley moon border; Sample image scanned from: Wolf 2684d, One of 21 unique song sheet border designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).

: Wrigley Pat and Mike border; Sample image scanned from: Wolf 1423b, One of 21 unique song sheet border designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).

: WRITE A LETTER TO MY MOTHER!; Raise me in your arms, my brother (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Words by E. Bowers; music by P. B. Isaacs; Music obtained at S. T. Gordon's (1); publ. Auner (5). A-J border. 23.2 x 14.9 cm., Variant: b. 14.2 x 8.9 cm. (cropped), Variant: c. [Without exclamation point in title, and comma in first line;] as sung by Mr. D. S. Wambold; publ. Boyd; advs: 10.000 Songs for sale, Boyd's Circulating Library, and 2,000 Plays for Sale. T. o. border; flags, shield with heart and star, and title on scroll. 21.4 x 13.2 cm., Variant: d. Title as above; words by E. Bowers; music by P. B. Isaacs; music obtained of S. T. Gordon (1); with preface to song: "An Officer, captured at the battle of Bull-Run, relates the following incident . . ."; [publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan kissing cupids border. 25.4 x 16.3 cm.

: WRITE ME A LETTER FROM HOME.; Lonely I sit me and weep (2 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Words and music by Will S. Hays; Music obtained of J. L. Peters; 2nd song: "Be Kind To Darling Sister Nell"; publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan fountain border. 24.1 x 15.5 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 1052; publ. Partridge (2). Triple-line border, with ornamental corners. 22.4 x 14.1 cm.

: WRITTEN FOR REBECCA, A SLAVE CHILD FROM NEW ORLEANS.; Once on a sunny summer's day (40 lines) 21.5 x 13.5 cm.

: THE YALLER GAL THAT WINKED AT ME!; Your attention I ask for a while (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. As sung by Ashcroft; publ. Boyd (2); advs: 10,000 Songs for sale, Boyd's Novel Exchange, and 2,000 Plays for sale. T. o. border. 20.7 x 11.5 cm., Variant: b. [Without "The" in title;] sheet no. 1057; written by Harry Bloodgood; music at Olive [sic] Ditson's and Co.; publ. Partridge (2). T. o. border. 23.3 x 14.4 cm.

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