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Prairie flower, or, Rosalie.
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Title
Prairie flower, or, Rosalie.
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.
Children--Songs and music--Texts.
Tragedy in music--Texts.
Death--Songs and music--Texts.
Description
First
line
: On the
distant
prairie
,
where
the
heather
wild.
;
Without
music.
;
Date
based
on
sheet
music
copyright
and
printer
address
in
contemporaneous
city
directories.
; At
head
of
song
sheet
: "
J
.
H
.
Johnson
,
Song
Publisher
,
Stationer
&
Printer
,
No
.
7
N
.
Tenth
St
.
3
doors
about
Market
.
Phila.
"; "As
Sung
In
All
The
Public
Schools."--Below
title.
;
Text
of
song
in
three
eight-line
stanzas
, with a
chorus
following
the
1st.
; At
foot
of
song
sheet
: "
J
.
H
.
Johnson
,
Song
Publisher
,
Card
and
Job
Printer
,
No
.
5
North
Tenth
Street
,
Three
doors
above
Market
,
Philadelphia.
"; "
Cards
,
Circulars
,
Bill-Heads
,
Hand-Bills
,
Posters
,
Labels..."--Below
publisher's
address.
; "
You
will
save
25
per
cent
by
getting
your
Printing
done
at
Johnson's
Cheap
Card
and
Job
Printing
Office
,
No
.
5
North
Tenth
St."--At
foot
of
broadside.
;
CPM
song
sheet
#
000129-BROAD
credits
alternate
title
("Rosalie
, the
prairie
flower").
;
Several
CPM
sheet
music
editions
(earliest
1855
,
#
000566-SMVOL)--credit
Root.
;
OCLC
#47944801
credits
Minstrel
heading.
;
See
variant
editions
:
000129-BROAD
,
001112-BROAD
,
001113-BROAD
,
001114-BROAD
,
002065-BROAD
,
002524-BROAD
,
003154-BROAD
&
003155-BROAD.
;
CPM
song
sheet
has
deep
creases
,
tears
and
holes
,
obscuring
lyrics
.
Creator
Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895.
Publisher
J.H
.
Johnson
Format-Extent
1
broadside
;
approximately
21
x
12
cm
Type
Text
Language
eng
Relation
http://musicman.mtsu.edu/broadsides/Binder7/JPEGmed/1406brom.jpg;
http://worldcat.org/oclc/60343571/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
[1855-1876]
Relation-Is Referenced By
Edwin
Wolf's
American
Song
Sheets
,
2032d
.
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