Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.12116 Composed by Will S. Hays. Mothers & children, Correspondence, Mail carriers, Clipper ships, Rowboats, Anchors, Ship equipment & rigging, Sailors, Love, Prayer, Absences, Travel. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.12116). Take This Letter To My Mother. Song & Chorus. Words and Music by Will S. Hays. Published 1877 by Oliver Ditson & Co., 451 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, Correspondence, Mail carriers, Clipper ships, Rowboats, Anchors, Ship equipment & rigging, Sailors, Love, Prayer, Absences, Travel. First line reads Take this letter to my mother, far across the deep blue sea.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.