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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
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	[1853-1870]
Relation-Is Referenced By	This edition not in Edwin Wolf's American Song Sheets.