Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.758 Composed by George W. Persley. Abandoned children, Poor persons, Homeless persons, Wealth, Ethics, Prayer. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.758). Not a Crust, or The Beggar Boy. Song & Chorus. Music by Geo. W. Persley. Published 1869 by Lee & Walker, 922 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Abandoned children, Poor persons, Homeless persons, Wealth, Ethics, Prayer. First line reads A beggar boy stopped at a richman's door, I am houseless and friendless, and faint, and poor.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.
