Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.12061 Composed by Benjamin Lang. Portraits, Sailors, Piers & wharves, Ship equipment & rigging, Clipper ships, Contentment, Occupations, Happiness, Homecomings. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.12061). The Merry Sailor Boy. Words by E. Jocelyn, Esq. Music by Benjamin Lang. Published 1852 by Oliver Ditson & Co., 115 Washington St. in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Sailors, Piers & wharves, Ship equipment & rigging, Clipper ships, Contentment, Occupations, Happiness, Homecomings. First line reads Forth, cheerful goes the sailor boy on ocean's way.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.
