O! boys carry me 'long: original Negro melody
Oh boys, carry me 'long
Oh boys carry me 'long

Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864

University of Pittsburgh (depositor)

31735061833624

sung by all the Ethiopian serenaders ; [words & music by S.C. Foster]
For voice and piano, with chorus refrain.
Caption title: Oh boys carry me 'long.
Pages 1-2 are unnumbered, p. 3-7 are numbered 1-5, p. 8 is unnumbered.
B. Williams was at these addresses from 1847 until 1859. Cf. Victorian music publishers / Parkinson.
Advertisement: Musical index and description of new and popular songs on p. [8]
Color title page illustration: minstrel performers.
"Pr. 2/."
First line of text: Oh! carry me long.
First line of chorus: Oh! boys, carry me 'long.

eng

1 score ([2], 1-5 [i.e. 3-7], [1] p.) : col. ill. ; 34 cm.

B. Williams

London (11 Paternoster Row & 170 Gt. Dover Rd., London)

notated music

Popular music--United States--To 1901
Slavery--United States--Songs and music
African Americans--Songs and music
Death songs

United States

University of Pittsburgh

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