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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	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	[1857-1890]