Piano and voice - Digital Download
SKU: LV.11716
Composed by John H. Hewitt. Steamboats, Ships, Storms, Clipper ships, Sailors, Homesickness. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.11716).
I Am Far From My Native Home. Written, Composed by John H. Hewitt. Published 1840 by John F. Nunn, 184 Chesnut Street in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Steamboats, Ships, Storms, Clipper ships, Sailors, Homesickness. First line reads I am far from my native home, on the wide and surgy sea..
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