Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.676 Composed by James W. Long. Bedrooms, Drapery, Mothers & children, Light fixtures, Sick children, Death, Weeping, Grief, Prayer. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.676). Mamma Why Don't Baby Cry. Song and Chorus. Written and Composed by James W. Long. Published 1871 by S. Brainard's Sons, 203 Superior St. in Cleveland. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Bedrooms, Drapery, Mothers & children, Light fixtures, Sick children, Death, Weeping, Grief, Prayer. First line reads Dear Mama, why don't baby cry, he cried so very hard just now.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.