Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.3914 Composed by Will. S. Hays. Portraits, Immigrants, Families, Correspondence, Homesickness. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3914). Write Me a Letter From Home. A Beautiful Song & Chorus. By Will. S. Hays. Published 1866 by J.L. Peters, 198 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, Immigrants, Families, Correspondence, Homesickness. First line reads Lonely I sit me and weep, weep as I have not for years.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.4533 Composed by Isaac S. Daly. Families, Death, Symbols, Heaven. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4533). Sister Come Sing Me To Sleep. Song and Chorus. By Isaac S. Daly. Published 1879 by White, Smith & Perry, 289 300 Washington St. in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Families, Death, Symbols, Heaven. First line reads Bring to me visions of beauty, cheer thou the gloom in my heart.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.576 Composed by Bethel Thorn. Parlors, Families, Mothers & children, Fireplaces, Cats, Toys, Chimneypieces, Love, Religion, Prayer. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.576). Carry Me Father. Words & Music By Bethel Thorn. Published 1874 by F.A. North & Co., 1308 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Parlors, Families, Mothers & children, Fireplaces, Cats, Toys, Chimneypieces, Love, Religion, Prayer. First line reads Carry me, father, tenderly, Carry your child tonight.. 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.8432 Composed by A. Baldwin Sloane. Cartoons, Couples, Courtship, Recreation, Leisure. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.8432). Meet Me at the Stage Door. Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz. Music by A. Baldwin Sloane. Published 1912 by Ted Snyder Co., Music Publishers, 112 West 38th St. in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Cartoons, Couples, Courtship, Recreation, Leisure. First line reads Cutey, Cutey, Pardon me, but I saw you in the show last 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.3145 Composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Arranged by Austin Phillips. Wreath, Jewelry, Flowers, Symbols. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3145). Make Me No Gaudy Chaplet. Duet. Arranged from a favorite Canzonetta in Donizetti's Opera Lucrezia Borgia by Austin Phillips. Published 1847 by Firth, Hall & Pond, 239 Broadway in New York. Composition of through-composed with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Wreath, Jewelry, Flowers, Symbols. First line reads Make me no gaudy chaplet, weave it of simple flowers.. 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.4050 Composed by William Cumming. Mothers & children, Depression, Comfort, Love, Courage, Death. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4050). Thou Wouldst Call Me Back From the Echoless Shore. A Mother's Reply to the Popular Ballad Rock Me To Sleep. Music by William Cumming. Published 1862 by A.C. Peters & Bro. in Cincinnati. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Depression, Comfort, Love, Courage, Death. First line reads My child! oh my child! thou art weary tonight.. 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.4692 Composed by Giveadam Jones. African Americans, Dialects, Biblical references, Death, Symbols, Ethnic stereotypes. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4692). Boost Me Up To Glory. Camp Meeting Song and Chorus. Words by Bro. Wakeup Misery. Music by Giveadam Jones. Published 1887 by C.H. Ditson & Co., 867 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus (and dance interlude; call and response) with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include African Americans, Dialects, Biblical references, Death, Symbols, Ethnic stereotypes. First line reads Bred'ren come and len' a han' Boost me up to glory.. 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.23322 Composed by M. Keller. Mothers & children, Deathbeds, Religion. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23322). Mother, Oh! Sing Me to Rest. Composed by M. Keller. Published [n.d.] by Lithographed and Published by Geo. Dunn & Compy. in Richmond, VA. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Deathbeds, Religion. First line reads Mother! Oh! Sing me to rest, as in my bright days departed.. 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.769 Composed by Violetta. Dreaming, Beds, Windows, Drapery, Baskets, Mothers & children, Girls, Nostalgia, Prayer. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.769). Oh, Let Me Be a Child Again. Words by Edith Moore. Music by Violetta. Published 1874 by John F. Perry & Co. in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Dreaming, Beds, Windows, Drapery, Baskets, Mothers & children, Girls, Nostalgia, Prayer. First line reads O, let me be a child again, so simple, full of mirth.. 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.4326 Composed by Violetta. Stairs, Couples, Courtship, Love. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4326). Linger Near Me Little Darling. Ballad. Words by George Cooper. Music by Violetta. Published 1873 by Wm. A. Pond & Co., 547 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Stairs, Couples, Courtship, Love. First line reads Linger near me, little darling, make my life a pleasant dream.. 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.869 Composed by John Morrison. Mothers & children, Death, Religion. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.869). Tell Mother to Meet Me in Heaven (An Incident of the Riot in Pittsburgh, July, 1877). Song and Chorus. Words and Music by John Morrison. Published 1877 by John F. Perry & Co., 538 Washington Street (Opp. Boston Theatre) in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Mothers & children, Death, Religion. First line reads Tell mother to meet me in heaven, 'twas the voice of a child going 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 (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.4043 Composed by G. W. H. Griffin. Battlefields, Guards, Soldiers, Night, Homesickness. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4043). Tell Me, Little Twinkling Star. Words and Music by G.W.H. Griffin. Published 1864 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 Battlefields, Guards, Soldiers, Night, Homesickness. First line reads Tell me, little twinkling star, as I view thee from afar.. 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; 2 arrangements (1) alto or baritone; (2) soprano or tenor - Digital Download SKU: LV.15800 Composed by C. C. de Nordendorf. Birds, Birds' eggs & nests, Courtship & love. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.15800). Sill You Miss Me, Darling. Song and Chorus. Words and Music by C.C. de Nordendor. Published 1880 by C.C. de Nordendorf, 119 East Broad St. in Richmond, VA. Composition of strophic with chorus with voice and piano; two arrangements (1) alto or baritone; (2) soprano or tenor instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Birds, Birds' eggs & nests, Courtship & love. First line reads Say, my darling say, Tell me dearest pray.. 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.3915 Composed by Will. S. Hays. Portraits, Immigrants, Families, Correspondence, Homesickness. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3915). Write Me a Letter From Home. A Beautiful Song & Chorus. By Will. S. Hays. Published 1866 by J.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 Portraits, Immigrants, Families, Correspondence, Homesickness. First line reads Lonely I sit me and weep, weep as I have not for years.. 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.4765 Composed by Fred Lyons. Hands, African Americans, Dialects, Food, Fruit, Ethnic stereotypes. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4765). Gim Me Dat Sweet Water Melon. Great Negro Song. Words and Music By Fred Lyons. Published 1883 by Richard A. Saalfield, 12 Bible Houses in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Hands, African Americans, Dialects, Food, Fruit, Ethnic stereotypes. First line reads If you want to see dis darkey smile, gim me dat sweet watermelon!.. 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.