Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.4779 Composed by Jacob J. Sawyer. African Americans, Dialects, Freedmen, Death, Symbols, Biblical references. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4779). Choice Collection of Ethiopian Songs. Hand Me Down Dem Golden Shoes. By Jacob J. Sawyer. Published 1883 by W.A. Evans] in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include African Americans, Dialects, Freedmen, Death, Symbols, Biblical references. First line reads Hand me down dem golden shoes, keep dat lamp a burning.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.
