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Title	I'd choose to be a baby.
Subject	Broadsides--United States--19th century. Songs--United States--19th century--Texts. Popular music--United States--19th century--Texts. Humorous songs--Texts. Minstrel music--United States--19th century--Texts. Infants--Songs and music--Texts. Women--Songs and music--Texts.
Description	Original version.; First line: I'd choose to be a baby.; Without music.; Publisher is listed at 54 Chatham St. in NYC directories 1861-1863.; Text of song is within De Marsan "horned imp" border, in double columns of four eight-line stanzas, with four-line chorus; Original version on the left, and Tony Pastor's version on the right.; Several CMP sheet music editions (earliest 1864, #003298-CPMLG) cite Buckley as composer/lyricist, and Minstrel heading.; Variant of Edwin Wolf's American Song Sheets #998.
Creator	Buckley, Frederick, 1833-1864.
Publisher	H. De Marsan
Format-Extent	1 broadside (2 items on 1 sheet) : illustrations ; approximately 23 cm
Type	Text
Language	eng
Relation	http://musicman.mtsu.edu/broadsides/Binder4/JPEGmed/0925brom.jpg; http://worldcat.org/oclc/56537844/viewonline
Rights	Duplication of images is allowed for research purposes. All original song broadsides are in the public domain. The user is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Date-Issued	[1861-1863]