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Title
Death of a California adventurer.
Subject
Broadsides--United States--19th century.
Songs--United States--19th century--Texts.
Popular music--United States--19th century--Texts.
Brothers--Songs and music--Texts.
Sailors--Songs and music--Texts.
Death--Songs and music--Texts.
California--Gold discoveries--Songs and music--Texts.
Description
First
line
:
Lay
up
nearer
,
brother
,
nearer.
;
Without
music.
;
Date
based
on
same-title
publications
at
hand
and
textual
evidence.
; "The
following
lines..
.
letter
from
Captain
Chace..
.
sickness
and
death
of..
.
Mr
.
Brown
Owen,..."--Beneath
title.
;
Text
of
song
in
eight
eight-line
stanzas.
; At
foot
of
song
sheet
: "
John
W
.
Lewis
,
Printer
,
Olneyville
,
R.I.
";
Several
CPM
song
sheet
editions
(earliest
1853-1858
,
#
000033-BROAD)--credit
alternate
title.
;
CPM
song
sheet
inscribed
"
20--
" in
top
right
corner.
;
See
variant
editions
:
000033-BROAD
,
000845-BROAD
,
000846-BROAD
,
002497-BROAD
,
&
003096-BROAD
.
Publisher
John
W
.
Lewis
Format-Extent
1
broadside
(1
item
on
1
sheet)
;
19
x
13.5
Type
Text
Language
eng
Relation
http://musicman.mtsu.edu/broadsides/Binder14/JPEGmed/2687brom.jpg;
http://worldcat.org/oclc/60694116/viewonline
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. The
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for
all
copyright
compliance
.
Date-Issued
[1853-1870]
Relation-Is Referenced By
This
edition
not in
Edwin
Wolf's
American
Song
Sheets
.
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