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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
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Date-Issued
[1861-1863]
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