Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.23135 Composed by Will S. Hays. Battlefields, Soldiers, War casualties, Prayer, Patriotism, Mothers & children, Grief, Civil war--Confederate. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23135). Drummer Boy of Shiloh. A Beautiful Ballad. Written and Composed by Will S. Hays. Published 1865 by D.P. Faulds, 223 Main St. in Louisville, Ky. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Battlefields, Soldiers, War casualties, Prayer, Patriotism, Mothers & children, Grief, Civil war--Confederate. First line reads On Shiloh's dark and bloody ground the dead and wounded lay.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.
