Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.3461 Composed by Charles E. Atherton. Funeral rites & ceremonies, Courtship, Love, Marriage, Slavery, Afro-Americans, Dialects. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3461). Kitty Wells. Song & Chorus. Music by Chas. E. Atherton. Published 1858 by G.B. Demarest, 409 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Funeral rites & ceremonies, Courtship, Love, Marriage, Slavery, Afro-Americans, Dialects. First line reads You ask what makes this darkie weep, why he like others am not gay.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.