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Rosalie, the prairie flower.
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Title
Rosalie, the prairie flower.
Alternative Title
Other
title
:
Prairie
flower
;
Other
title
:
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.
;
Publisher
info
.
assigned
by
collector
based
on
matching
borders
&
fonts
,
same-title
publications
in
hand
,
&
/or
textual
references.
;
Horace
Partridge
is
listed
at
various
Hanover
Street
addresses
in
Boston
directories
for
1857-1890.
; In
upper
right
corner
: "
391.
";
Text
of
song
,
within
decorative
border
, in
three
eight-line
stanzas
,
each
with a
four-line
chorus.
; At
foot
of
song
sheet
: "
Published
and
Sold
at
wholesale
by
Horace
Partridge..
.
No
.
105
Hanover
Street
,
(up
stairs,)--Boston.
";
CPM
song
sheet
#
001406-BROAD
credits
alternate
title
,
("Prairie
flower").
;
CPM
song
sheet
#
003154-BROAD
credits
alternate
title
("Rosalie!").
;
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
,
001406-BROAD
,
002065-BROAD
,
002524-BROAD
,
&
003154-BROAD.
;
Handwritten
cursive
note
attached
to
CPM
song
sheet
,
obscuring
publisher's
address
,
containing
additional
verse
: "
Though
we
shall
never
look
on her
more
,
Gone
with the
love
and
joy
she
bore
.
Far
away
she's
blooming
in a
fading
bower
,
Sweet
Rosalie
, the
prairie
flower.
"
Creator
Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895.
Publisher
[Horace
Partridge]
Format-Extent
1
broadside
(1
item
on
1
sheet)
;
approximately
20
x
13
cm
Type
Text
Language
eng
Relation
http://musicman.mtsu.edu/broadsides/Binder18/JPEGmed/3155brom.jpg;
http://worldcat.org/oclc/60768968/viewonline
Rights
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of
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allowed
for
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.
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original
song
broadsides
are in the
public
domain
. The
user
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responsible
for
all
copyright
compliance
.
Date-Issued
[1857-1890]
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