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  • Collection: Civil War Song Sheets Collection

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Four verse song. Lyrics depict affection and desire singer has for a woman named Peggy.

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Illustrated two verse song. Lyrics depict singer's love for another person and believes life would be worth living without their beloved. Color cover image depicts man and woman seated surrounded by flowers and ivy. Text of song printed in black.

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Illustrated two verse song. Lyrics depict singer's love for another person and believes life would be worth living without their beloved. Color cover image depicts hand holding flowers in a garden scene and text of song printed in blue.

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Illustrated two verse song. Lyrics depict singer's love for another person and believes life would not be worth living without their beloved. Color cover image depicts man and woman in a garden scene and text of song printed in gold.

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Illustrated four verse song and chorus written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Lyrics depict singer's affection for Nelly Bly and describes her personality and her work. Cover image depicts woman standing by a fence.

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Illustrated three verse song written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Lyrics depict singer speaking as Topsy from "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

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Two three verse songs, "As sung by Little Cordelia Howard, in the successful Drama of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' at the National Theatre, N. Y." Lyrics depict character of "Little Eva" from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" singing about death and Uncle Tom's freedom…

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Four verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Under the Willow." Lyrics depict national grief and mourning for Abraham Lincoln. Cover image depicts portrait of Abraham Lincoln in profile.

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Illustrated four verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Under the Willow." Lyrics depict national grief and mourning for Abraham Lincoln. Cover image depicts battle scenes on land and sea on either side of text and Lincoln's signature above image…

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Five verse song sung to the tune of "Rosin the Bow'." Lyrics depict support for Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election.

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Three verse song. Lyrics depict singer's love of living and working on a ship. Cover image depicts border with woman and man on either side with angel blowing horn at the top.

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Illustrated two verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "I Was the Boy for Bewitching 'Em." Lyrics depict encouragement for Union soldiers and optimism for winning the Civil War. Color cover image depicts Union soldiers on horseback chasing…

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus. Lyrics depict singer serving as a stand-in for a mother absent at her son's death.

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Three verse song and chorus, "From Auber's Manon Lascaut". Lyrics depict a man spying at night on the woman he loves.

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Four verse song and chorus sung to the tune of 'The Sucker State.'" Lyrics depict presidential elections and candidates in Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio in 1860.

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Illustrated three verse song. Lyrics depict death of rose at the end of the summer and the singer's devotion to it. Color cover image depicts pink rose intertwined with title.

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Illustrated three verse song. Lyrics depict death of rose at the end of the summer and the singer's devotion to it. Color cover image depicts hand with three roses in a nature scene.

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Illustrated eight verse song. Lyrics depict a wedding with drinking, dancing, and fighting. Color cover image depicts a man wearing rags on stage in front of a pastoral scene.

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Illustrated seven verse song. Lyrics depict dancing and fighting at a ball. Color cover image depicts a man wearing rags on stage in front of a pastoral scene.

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus. Lyrics depict African American singer lamenting the death of his lover, Kitty Wells. Color cover image depicts two African American men.

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Four verse song and chorus. Lyrics depict life on plantation while master is away as told through a slave's perspective. Written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Lyrics clipped from larger publication.

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Four verse song and chorus,"As sung by Dan Bryant" Lyrics depict life on plantation while master is away as told through a slave's perspective. Written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Color cover image depicts African American…

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Illustrated four verse song and chorus, "As sung by Dan Bryant." Lyrics depict life on plantation while master is away as told through a slave's perspective. Written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Color cover image depicts an…

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Illustrated four verse song and chorus, "As sung by Dan Bryant." Lyrics depict life on plantation while master is away as told through a slave's perspective. Written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Color cover image depicts…

http://www.alplm-cdi.com/chroniclingillinois/files/uploads/301287.pdf
Illustrated four verse song and chorus, "As sung by Dan Bryant." Lyrics depict life on plantation while master is away as told through a slave's perspective. Written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Color cover image depicts…
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