Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.23823 Composed by Harry De Costa. Portraits, Aged persons, Mothers & children, Soldiers, Patriotism, Sadness, World War I. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23823). The Little Grey Mother (Who Waits All Alone). March Ballad. Words by Bernard Grossman. Music by Harry De Costa. Published 1915 by M. Witmark & Sons in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Aged persons, Mothers & children, Soldiers, Patriotism, Sadness, World War I. First line reads The toys that brought joy to her little boy are scattered about on the floor.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.23566 Composed by Will Oldale. Military life, Correspondence, Courtship, Love, Mothers & children, Homesickness, World War I. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23566). A Soldier's Word to Mother. Words by Art Dooly and Dan Cavanaugh, 11th Company C.A.C.N.G. Music by Will Oldale, 16th Company C.A.C.N.G. Published 1918 by Will Oldale in Providence, R.I. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Military life, Correspondence, Courtship, Love, Mothers & children, Homesickness, World War I. First line reads A soldier boy once sat alone.. 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.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.4054 Composed by J. B. Salisbury. Mothers & children, Fear, Vice, Advice, Love, Distress. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4054). Turn From Them, Willie, or, The Mother's Appeal. Words & Music by J.B. Salisbury. Published 1869 by Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washington St. in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Fear, Vice, Advice, Love, Distress. First line reads You have wander'd afar from the sweet paths of virtue, afar my own erring son.. 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.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.3802 Composed by Clara M. Brinkerhoff. Mothers & children, Infants, Lullabies, Children sleeping. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3802). Charley, or, A Mother's Fears. Romanza. Written & Composed by Clara M. Brinkerhoff. Published 1864 by Wm. Hall & Son, 543 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Infants, Lullabyes, Children sleeping. First line reads Sweet boy, sweet boy, thy fathers face, in lovely image dwells in thine.. 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.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus - Digital Download SKU: LV.3410 Arranged by Ricardo Weber. Mothers & children, Families, Death, Grief, Heaven. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3410). Hark! I Hear the Sweet Voice of My Mother. A Favorite Ballad. Words and Melody by Ricardo Weber. Arranged & Harmonized as a Solo and Quartette. Published 1858 by W.C. Peters & Sons in Cincinnati. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Families, Death, Grief, Heaven. First line reads This world is a sad one, alas! 'tis to me.. 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.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.23170 Composed by John H. Hewitt. Mothers & children, Nostalgia, Civil war--Confederate. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23170). Rock Me To Sleep, Mother. Words by Florence Percy. Music by John H. Hewitt. Published 1861 by Julian A. Selby in Columbia, S.C. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Nostalgia, Civil war--Confederate. First line reads Backward, still backward, oh, time in your flight, make me a child again, just for a night.. 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.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.8359 Composed by James F. Hanley. Crystal balls, Mothers & children, Homesickness, Nostalgia, Time. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.8359). I Wanna Go Back (To Dear Old Mother's Knee). Words by Joe Goodwin. Music by James F. Hanley. Published 1919 by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., Music Publishers, 224 West 47th St. in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Crystal balls, Mothers & children, Homesickness, Nostalgia, Time. First line reads Years ago when but a child I wander'd along the path that led from Home Sweet Home.. 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.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.22398 Composed by Harry Buckline. Mothers & children, War casualties, Death, Grief, Prayer, Civil War--Union, Patriotism. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.22398). Tell me of My Darling Boy, or, The Mother's Reply to Just Before the Battle. Song and Chorus. By Harry Buckline. Published 1864 by W.W. Whitney, 151 Summit Street in Toledo, Ohio. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, War casualties, Death, Grief, Prayer, Civil War--Union, Patriotism. First line reads Tell me of my darling boy, is he living, is he dead?.. 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.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.4006 Composed by Leslie. Mothers & children, Comfort, Lullabies, Time. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4006). Rock Me to Sleep, Mother. Words by Florence Percy. Music by Leslie. Published 1860 by G.D. Russell and Company, 126 Tremont, Opposite Park Street in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Comfort, Lullabyes, Time. First line reads Backward, turn backward, oh, time in your flight.. 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.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.818 Composed by Effie I. Canning. Portraits, Mothers & children, Lullabies, Children sleeping, Love. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.818). Popular Songs By Effie I. Canning. Safely Rocked in Mother's Arms. Words and Music Effie I. Canning. Published 1887 by Chas. D. Blake & Co., 488 Washington St. in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Mothers & children, Lullabyes, Children sleeping, Love. First line reads Gently, slowly to and fro, sways the old armchair.. 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.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.17713 Composed by T. Stratford Damer. Cemeteries, Trees, Churches, Mothers & children, Death, Emotion--pain, Prayer. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.17713). To My Mother. The Lament. Poetry by D.P. Hoffman M.D. Music & accompaniments by T. Stratford Damer. Published 1858 by G. Willig, Jr. in Baltimore. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Cemetaries, Trees, Churches, Mothers & children, Death, Emotion--pain, Prayer. First line reads When sable darkness cloth'd the earth, And nightfall spread around.. 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.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.3965 Composed by Delos Spaulding. Human life cycle, Aged persons, Mothers & children, Death. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3965). My Mother's Angel Voice. Words and Music by Delos Spaulding. Published 1866 by H.M. Higgins, 117 Randolph St. in Chicago. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Human life cycle, Aged persons, Mothers & children, Death. First line reads O'er my cradle, years ago, one well remembered form.. 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.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.3428 Composed by H. A. Clark. Mothers & children, Death, Grief. Lester S. Levy Collection. 2 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3428). I Have No Mother Now. Song and Chorus. Composed by H.A. Clark. Published 1857 by J.J. Daly, No. 419 Grand Street in New York. Composition of strophic and chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Death, Grief. First line reads The midnight stars are gleaming upon the silent grave.. 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.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.4861 Composed by Arthur M. Cohen. Mothers & children, Death, Keepsakes, Comfort. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4861). A Lock of Mother's Hair. Song and Chorus. Words and Music by Arthur M. Cohen. Published 1888 by Chas. W. Held, 227 Fulton St. in Brooklyn, N.Y. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Death, Keepsakes, Comfort. First line reads I have a treasure rare, that I cherish with great care.. 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.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.3928 Composed by J.R. Thomas. Mothers & children, Nostalgia, Youth, Sadness. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3928). Kiss Me Good Night Mother. Ballad. words by Francis B. Murtha. Music by J.R. Thomas. Published 1863 by Wm. A. Pond & Co., 547 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Nostalgia, Youth, Sadness. First line reads How dear to each heart are childhood's gay hours.. 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.