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Title
Sweep o!
Subject
Broadsides--United States--19th century.
Songs--United States--19th century--Texts.
Popular music--United States--19th century--Texts.
Ballads--19th century--Songs and music--Texts.
Minstrel music--United States--19th century--Texts.
African Americans--Songs and music--Texts.
Description
First
line
:
I
come
from
old
Louisiana.
;
J.H.
Johnson
is
listed
at
5
North
Tenth
St.
, in
Philadelphia
directories
for
1855
and
1857
, and
1860-1862.
;
Without
music.
; "
You
will
save
25
per
cent
, by
getting
your
Printing
done
at
Johnson's..."--Above
border.
; "
Air--'BUY
A
BROOM.'"--Below
performers
'
name.
; At
foot
of
song
sheet
: "
J.H.
Johnson
,
Song
Publisher
,
Card
and
Job
Printer
,
No.
5
North
Tenth
St.
,
Three
doors
above
Market
,
Philadelphia.
"; "
Printed
at
Johnson's
,
No.
5
North
Tenth
Street
,
Philad."--Beneath
border.
;
OCLC
#31575339
credits
song
as a
ballad
and
Minstrel
song.
;
Modern
Languages
/
Anthropology
3043
:
Folklore
&
Myth
(
http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/reading/remus/images/serenaders.htm)--by
Laura
Gibbs
,
Ph.D.
2003
cites
"The
Virginia
Minstrels
are
generally
credited
with
putting
on the
first
minstrel
show
,
first
appear[ing]
on
stage
with this
act
in
1842.
"
Much
of the
sheet
music
which
credited
to them was
published
in
1844.
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/1434brom.jpg;
http://worldcat.org/oclc/60398944/viewonline
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of
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for
research
purposes
.
All
original
song
broadsides
are in the
public
domain
. The
user
is
responsible
for
all
copyright
compliance
.
Date-Issued
[1855-1857
and
1860-1862]
Relation-Is Referenced By
Edwin
Wolf's
American
Song
Sheets
,
2265
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