Piano and voice - Digital Download
SKU: LV.16668
Composed by J. Monro. Portraits, Waterfronts, Cliff, Ships, Rowboats, Seamen, Storytelling, Storms, Military officers, Courage, Heroes. Lester S. Levy Collection. 6 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.16668).
A Sailor's Yarn, or, When First I Went to Sea. Events in the life of Adml. Lord Exmouth, (supposed to be related by himself). Written by S. Richards, Esqr.; Composed by J. Monro. Published [n.d.] by Monro and May, Wester City Musical Repository, 11 Holborn Bars in London. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Waterfronts, Cliff, Ships, Rowboats, Seamen, Storytelling, Storms, Military officers, Courage, Heroes. First line reads When first I went to sea An orphan lad was I..
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The 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.
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