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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	First line: I'd choose to be a baby.; Without music.; Date based on sheet music copyright and printer address in contemporaneous city directories.; There are two versions of this title, the other is Tony Pastor's version.; Song lettersheet text in black; two columns; lined on verso; cropped at fold; four eight-line stanzas, each with chorus, beneath Magnus headpiece displaying hand-colored illustration of male figure (Tony Pastor)--wearing Liberty cap on right side of paper.; "Ten illustrated Songs on Notepaper, mailed to any Address on receipt of 50 Cents."--Beneath text.; At foot: "500 illustrated ballads... Charles Magnus, No. 12 Frankfort Street, New York. Branch Office: No. 520 7th St., Washington, D.C."; Several CMP sheet music editions (earliest 1864, #003298-CPMLG)--credit Buckley & Minstrel headings.; See variant editions: 000925-BROAD, 000927-BROAD, and 002625-BROAD.
Creator	Buckley, Frederick, 1833-1864.
Publisher	Charles Magnus
Format-Extent	1 broadside (2 items on 1 sheet) : color illustrations ; approximately 20.5 x 13 cm
Type	Text
Language	eng
Relation	http://musicman.mtsu.edu/broadsides/Binder8/JPEGmed/1546brom.jpg; http://worldcat.org/oclc/60405200/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	[1864]
Relation-Is Referenced By	Edwin Wolf's American Song Sheets, hdpc. Magnus 228; Edwin Wolf's American Song Sheets, 998d