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Description and Notes
poetry & music by Stephen C. Foster.
For voice and piano, with duet refrain.
Caption title.
Reprint. Originally published: [New York] : Firth, Pond & Co., 1854.
Wm. A. Pond was at this address from 1863 until 1877. Cf. Early American sheet music / Dichter and Shapiro.
Verses 2-3 printed without accompaniment on p. 6.
Title page illustration: three lithographed scenes depicting Foster songs.
"Wakelam, New York"--Title page.
Price mark 4 in six-pointed star.
"Grave par Lawson"--Colophon.
First line of text: Soft be thy slumbers.
First line of chorus: Gentle slumbers o'er thee glide.
Foster Hall Collection cutter no.: 126.42.
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Songs. Selections (Foster's melodies) ; no. 24.