Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.167 Composed by R. W. Pearsall. Clothing & dress, Couples, Gardens, Gates, Spires, Love. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.167). Kissing Courtship. Song & Chorus. Words and Music by R.W. Pearsall. Published 1859 by Wm. Hall & Son, 543 Braodway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Clothing & dress, Couples, Gardens, Gates, Spires, Love. First line reads I walk'd alone one summer night, beneath the elm bows.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.3579 Composed by G. Friedrich Wurzel. African Americans, Dialects, Slavery, Fathers & children, Spouses, Grief, Death, Heaven. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3579). They've Sold Me Down the River. The Negro Father's Lament. Song and Chorus. Composed by G. Friedrich Wurzel. Published 1853 by William Hall & Son, 239 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include African Americans, Dialects, Slavery, Fathers & children, Spouses, Grief, Death, Heaven. First line reads They've sold me down the river, and I must parted be.. 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.4845 Composed by Thomas P. Westendorf. African Americans, Dialects, Heaven, Symbols, Sin. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4845). De Lam' a Strayin'. Song and Chorus. (Exhortation at a Colored Camp Meeting. The dialect is that of a Mississippi Plantation). Words by Bo M'Gee. Music by Thos. P. Westendorf. Published 1882 by W.F. Shaw] in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include African Americans, Dialects, Heaven, Symbols, Sin. First line reads Look out, backsider, whar you walkin?.. 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.4166 Composed by Tom Turner. Afro-Americans, Caricature, Dialects, Recreation, Leisure, Ballroom dancing, Happiness. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4166). Dancing in the Barn. Song. Words by Andy McKee. Music by Tom Turner. Published 1878 by T.B. Harms & Co., 819 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus (with dance interlude) with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Afro-Americans, Caricature, Dialects, Recreation, Leisure, Ballroom dancing, Happiness. First line reads Oh, we'll meet at de ball in de evening.. 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.4234 Composed by Charles E. Pratt. Portraits, Aged persons, Steeples, Sunrises & sunsets, Death, Grief. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4234). The Gray Hairs of My Father. Song and Chorus. Words by Geo. Cooper. Music by Ch. E. Pratt. Published 1873 by J.L. Peters, 599 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Aged persons, Steeples, Sunrises & sunsets, Death, Grief. First line reads The gray hairs of my father, I see them in their silv'ry pride!.. 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.4288 Composed by John S. Cox. Deathbeds, Grief, Comfort. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4288). I'm Happy Tho' in Tears. Song. With Chorus Ad Lib. Words by E.A. Warden. Music by John S. Cox. Published 1870 by Jno. L. Peters in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Deathbeds, Grief, Comfort. First line reads I'm going out with the tide, darling, this earth is receding fast.. 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.21338 Arranged by Mr. J. Bray. War of 1812, Patriotism, Campaigns & battles. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.21338). Our Rights on the Ocean, or, Hull, Jones, Decatur, & Bainbridge. A New Patriotic Song. Adapted by Mr. J. Bray. Published [n.d.] by G. Willig's Musical Magazine in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include War of 1812, Patriotism, Campaigns & battles. First line reads Columbia d'ye see's like a tough man of war, pull away, pull away.. 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.15602 Composed by John Mahon. Portraits, Courtship & love, Death. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.15602). I am an Octoroon. A Song. Music and Words Composed and Written by John Mahon. Published 1860 by H.B. Dodworth, 6 Astor Place in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Courtship & love, Death. First line reads Thou lovest me? O! say not so; I never can be 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 - Digital Download SKU: LV.5154 Composed by J. C. Howad. Portraits, Sunrises & sunsets, Shipwrecks, Friendship, Sailors, Heroes. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.5154). As the Ship Went Down. Descriptive Song and Chorus. Words and Music by J.C. Howad. Published 1896 by Howley, Haviland & Co., 4 East 20th Street in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Sunrises & sunsets, Shipwrecks, Friendship, Sailors, Heroes. First line reads We were midshipmen together, 'till our gallant ship went down.. 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.

Voice and piano - Digital Download SKU: LV.15790 Composed by W. C. Baker. Dwellings, Trees, Carriages and coaches, Families, Domestic life. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.15790). My Home on the Hill. Song and Chorus. Written and Composed By W.C. Bake. Published 1866 by C.M. Tremaine, 481 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with voice and piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Dwellings, Trees, Carriages and coaches, Families, Domestic life. First line reads My home on the hill, Oh! my dear native 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.23787 Composed by M. N. Rulers, Polygamy, Sultans, Wine, Love, Contentment. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23787). The Pope He Leads a Happy Life. A Celebrated Song. Composed by M.N., Esqr. Published [n.d.] by Osbourn's Music Saloon, 20 S. 4th St. in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Rulers, Polygamy, Sultans, Wine, Love, Contentment. First line reads The Pope he leads a happy life, he knows no cares of marraige strife.. 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.3691 Composed by Frank Howard. Seasons, Symbols, Nature. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3691). Golden Leaves of Autumn. Song & Chorus. Words and Music by Frank Howard. Published 1868 by Root & Cady, 67 Washington St., Opera House in Chicago. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Seasons, Symbols, Nature. First line reads Oh, when the golden leaves of autumn are fading, turning to decay.. 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.20015 Composed by James Lyman Molloy. Poets, Bodies of water--symbols. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.20015). The Brook and the Wave. Song. Poetry by [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow. The Music Composed by James L. Molloy. Published [n.d.] by George Willig & Co., Publishers in Baltimore. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Poets, Bodies of water--symbols. First line reads The brooklet came from the mountain as sang the bard of old.. 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.4546 Composed by Jas. C. Macy. Windows, Portraits, Plants, Courtship, Love. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4546). Somebody's Coming When the Dew Drops Fall. Song and Chorus. By Jas. C. Macy. Published 1878 by S. Brainard's Sons in Cleveland. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Windows, Portraits, Plants, Courtship, Love. First line reads Somebody's coming when the dewdrops fall.. 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.4822 Composed by George A. Swain. Poor persons, Fighting, Deception, Money. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4822). It's Cheaper to Move Than Pay Rent. Song & Dance. Words and Music by George A. Swain. Published 1886 by W.F. Shaw Co.] in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus (with dance interlude) with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Poor persons, Fighting, Deception, Money. First line reads My name it is Patrick McGuffin, I'm a Turk from the Isle of Japan.. 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.