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Description and Notes
written & composed by Stephen C. Foster.
For voice and piano, with chorus refrain.
At head of title: Ten thousand copies sold.
Reprint. Originally published: [New York] : Firth, Pond & Co., 1860.
Wm. A. Pond & Co. was at this address from 1863 until 1877. Cf. Early American sheet music / Dichter and Shapiro.
Advertisement: Descriptive list of new music and books on p. [6] The first vocal selection listed is Is he coming birdie.
Title page illustration: lithograph of an Afro-American man and a white girl titled "Dan Bryant."
Price mark 4 in a diamond.
First line of text: Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay.
First line of chorus: I'm coming, I'm coming.
Foster Hall Collection cutter no.: 489.245.