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Title
Old folks at home.
Subject
Broadsides--United States--19th century.
Songs--United States--19th century--Texts.
Popular music--United States--19th century--Texts.
Minstrel music--United States--19th century--Texts.
Early memories--Songs and music--Texts.
Plantation life--Songs and music--Texts.
Description
First
line
:
Way
down
upon
the
Swanne
riber
.
[Way
down
upon
the
Swanee
river.].
;
Without
music.
;
Date
based
on
sheet
music
copyright
,
typography
, and
same
title
publications.
;
Text
of
song
within
decorative
border
, in
three
eight-line
stanzas
,
each
with
four-line
chorus.
;
Several
CPM
sheet
music
editions
(earliest
1851
,
#
003747-BYULG)--credit
Christy
and
Minstrel
heading.
;
Several
CPM
sheet
music
editions
(earliest
1874
,
#
001899-CPMLG)--credit
Foster.
;
CPM
song
sheet
edition
#
002839-BROAD
(1851?-?)--credits
alternate
title.
;
See
variant
editions
:
000115-BROAD
,
001590-BROAD
,
002002-BROAD
,
002003-BROAD
,
002004-BROAD
,
002589-BROAD
,
002839-BROAD
,
003712-BROAD
,
&
005151-BROAD
.
Creator
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864.
Publisher
[publisher
not
identified]
Format-Extent
1
broadside
(1
item
on
1
sheet)
;
21.5
x
13.5
Type
Broadsides
(Notices)
;
Text
Language
eng
Relation
Electronic
reproduction
Foster
,
Stephen
Collins
,
1826-1864.
Old
folks
at
home.
[Boston
? :
s.n.
,
185-?]
;
http://musicman.mtsu.edu/broadsides/Binder14/JPEGmed/2785brom.jpg;
http://worldcat.org/oclc/60705540/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
[1851-1885]
Relation-Is Referenced By
Variant
of
Edwin
Wolf's
American
Song
Sheets
#
1707
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