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Sheet music, with an emphasis on
the labor movement, drag
performers and the complicated
dance around ethnicity.
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1. The advancing proletaire, words by Douglas, music by Liebich [sheet
music]. Chicago: International Song Publishers, [circa 191- to 192-?]. 4p. sheet
music, 10.5 x 14 inches, very good with minor smudging. Cover illustration of
workers pouring forth singing from the factory, rear page the publisher's political
statement of purpose. (#50034)
$75.00
Lyrics [1st round only]: "We are coming all united, Throbbing with umeasur'd
pow'r, Thro' the darkness unaffrighted. We have waited for this hour. Now we
rise before us sweeping All the galling ties that bind, And our fiery veins are
leaping With the blood of all mankind. We are coming unforgiving and the earth
resounds our tread, Bone and sinew of the living spirit of the rebel dead. You who
sow'd the wind of sorrow, Now the whirl wind you must dare, As you face upon
the morrow, the advancing Proletaire."
2. Huan hu Jianpuzhai ren min de wei da sheng li;
Huan hu Yuenan ren min de wei da sheng li
[Welcome the glorious victory of the Cambodian People; Welcome the glorious
victory of the Vietnamese people]. Beijing: Renmin yinyue chubanshe, 1975. 19p.,
wraps, neatly ex-library with traces of former card pocket inside back cover, stamp on
title page; front cover has title in red band with celebratory "confetti" design.
(#170743)
$35.00
Collection of songs celebrating the victory of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and the
NLF in Vietnam, published by the KR's main backers in Beijing for the edification of
the Chinese masses. Includes "The flag of victory waves over Phnom Penh" and other
hits. Musical notation and lyrics (in Chinese).
3. Jin xing yi ci si xiang he zheng zhi lu xian fang
mian de jiao yu [Advance education on the
ideological and political line] [poster]. [Beijing]:
Renmin meishu chubanshe, 1972. 30x21 inch
poster, very good; design (described as a
composition by Heilongjiang railway workers)
depicts a man grasping a copy of Hongqi (the
Communist Party's theoretical organ) in one hand
and lifting his other hand to gesture at a wall upon
which are displayed the Chinese lyrics and musical
notation of the Internationale. (#183767) $95
4. Meiguo ming
ge xuan /
American popular songs. Beijing: 199 Zhongxue [No. 199 Middle School],
1980. 99p., mimeographed in wraps, spine panel chipping, some foxing,
otherwise very good. (#170387) $75.00
"Popular" not in the sense of Top 10, but rather
"people's songs," collecting dozens of labor-themed
tunes, with musical annotation and text in both English
and Chinese. Produced for middle school students.
5. Sing! UAW-CIO songs. Detroit: UAW-CIO,
International Education Department, n.d.. Four-panel
brochure, very good, 5.5x8.5 inches. Lyrics to fifteen
songs, parodying or based on the tunes of old standards.
OCLC attributes to 1941, though we find no indication
of date. (#191094)
$18.00
6. Benedito, R. Canciones del folklore español,
ilustradas por Marco. Cuaderno I. Madrid: Edició́n
Grá́ficas Reunidas, [194-]. Specially printed portfolio
containing six four-panel musical sheets, each one
illustrated with handsome artwork reflecting the region of
Spain from which that tune comes; the portfolio has a
reddish stain at upper left corner of the illustrated portion,
slight edgewear, interior very good. (#181040) $95.00
7. [Bontemps, Arna and
Countee Cullen]. Come rain
or come shine. [From] St.
Louis Woman; music by
Harold Arlen, lyrics by
Johnny Mercer, book by
Arna Bontemps and Countee Cullen. New York: A-M Music Corporation, 1946. 6p.
sheet music, 9x12 inches, very good in wraps with illustration of a black couple
dancing. (#55849)
$20.00
8. Brown, Harry. "Every bit of love I had
for you is gone." Written,composed and sung
by Harry Brown (Is Everybody Happy) in
Ernest C. Rolls Revue Production "Full Inside." London: Francis, Day &
Hunter, 1914. 8p. sheet music, 9x12 inches, slightly worn wraps with a
photo of the African American composer/singer, his beaming smile posing
an odd contrast to the title of the song. (#79776)
$45.00
Some reviews of Brown's work by contemporary critics are included in
"Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows" by
Henry T. Sampson.
9. Cannon, Hughie, words &
music. Bill Bailey, won't you
please come home? New York:
Howley, Haviland & Dresser, 1902.
8p. sheet music with Dewey
illustration of a black man and his
weeping woman on the front wrap,
10.75x13.5 inches, lightly worn red & black on white wraps with notation,
"This is the march and two-step
arrangement of the greatest coon song
of the day, introducing Sabina,
arranged by Ben M. Jerome.' (#150792)
$45 An oft-covered song, with
versions recorded by everyone from
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong to Patsy Cline and Michael Bublé.
Several versions of this sheet music appear, with different text or images in the
rectangular box at lower left.
10. [Christy Minstrels]. A darkies life is always gay; music of the original
Christy Minstrels, the oldest established band in the United States, as arranged
and sung by them with distinguised success at all their concerts. New York: C.
Holt., Jr., [1848]. 6p. sheet music, 9.75x13.25 inches, toning at top edge and
faint staining at base. One of the original blackface minstrelsy groups,
instrumental in the standardization of the form. (#151239) $95.00
11. Democratic Workers Party. Democratic Workers Party song book. dedicated to our
comrades and the comrades and friends of the Grass Roots Alliance to Save our Services
and Jobs. [San Francisco?]: Democratic Workers' Party, [197-]. 120p., songbook with
lyrics, chords, musical notation, some photos; very good trade paperback in red pictorial
wraps. Paperback. (#37299)
$25.00
12. Eltinge, Julian, [stage-name William
Julian Dalton] words by E. Ray Goetz,
music by Kerry Mills. The fascinating
widow; as sung by Julian Eltinge in A. H.
Woods' new musical play "The Fascinating
Widow" New York: F. A. Mills, 1911. [6p], 10.5x13.5 inches,
sheet music in lightly worn wraps illustrated with photo of Eltinge
in drag and in a vignette out of character. One of Eltinge's most
famous roles. (#51067) $75.00
Eltinge was a Broadway star who moved on to films, including
1918's "The Isle of Love" with Rudolph Valentino and Virginia
Rappe.
13. Eltinge, Julian; lyrics
by Julian Eltinge, music
by Percy Wenrich. In my
dream of you; A. H.
Woods presents Julian
Eltinge in "The Crinoline Girl" New York: Leo Feist, 1914. 6p. 10.5x13.5
inches, sheet music, splitting along spine, faint vertical fold crease.
(#154387)
$95.00
The front wrap is a depiction of Eltinge in drag.
14. Errol, Bert, Howard
Johnson, words, Violinsky,
music. Honolulu eyes; words
by Howard Johnson, music by
Violinsky. New York: Leo.
Feist, 1920. [6p] including
covers, 9x12 inches, sheet music with a photo of the "pantomime
dame" Errol in drag on the front cover. (#114097) $45.00
15. Glazer, Joe, editor.
AFSCME song book. n.p.:
American Federation State and
County Municipal Employees,
1978. 64p., 7x10 inches; spiralbound sheet music. (#131897)
$25
Collected and introduced by
"Labor's Troubadour."
16. Glick, Jesse G. M., words. When you sang hush-a-bye baby to me;
music by Frederic Knight Logan and Abe Olman. Chicago: Forster Music
Publisher, 1928. 4 pages of sheet music, 10.5x13.5 inches, several closed
tears; cover depicts a white boy in the arms of his black nursemaid.
(#72019) $22.00
17. Guang Weiran [lyrics]; Lü Ji [music]. Meiguo hei ren yao zi you
[American Negroes want freedom]. Beijing: Yinyue chubanshe, 1964.
Four-page sheet music folio, 7.25x10.25 inches, very good with minor
signs of handling. Title in red on a white background; cover emblem is an
understated star-and-banner motif. (#169521)
$125.00
Militant song about "centuries of hatred" seething in the awakening hearts
of an oppressed minority, and the eighteen levels of imperialist hell
echoing with the sounds of the coming liberating forces. "The Negro's
American oppressors are the common enemy of all races." Lyricist Guang
Weiran (1913-2002) was a prominent poet, author of some of
revolutionary China's most well-known songs including the Yellow River
Cantata.
18. Harburg, E. Y. & Jerome
Kern. And Russia is her name
[sheet music]. New York:
Chappell, 1943. 6p. 8.5x11 inches,
lyrics and music transcription,
some light pencil notations, otherwise very good sheet music booklet in
pictorial covers with an illustration of a Russian plowman and team
waving his hat in front of a Red Star. (#176838) $45.00
Edgar "Yip" Harburg was a member of the Young Peoples' Socialist
League (YPSL, hence his nickname, which is abbreviated from "Yipsel").
Pre-"Finian's Rainbow" song which is sung in the 1944 film "Song of
Russia," which Ayn Rand attacked
during her HUAC testimony.
19. Hattori, Ryōichi; Takao Saeki;
Masao Sasaki. Ginza Can Can Gal / Ginza kankan musume. Special
arrangement for orchestra. Tokyo: Zenon Music Publishing Co., n.d.. Pictorial
sleeve, almost separated at fold, containing thirteen loose sheets of music for
different members of the band (piano, third trumpet, etc). 7.5x10 inches. Also
included is a black and white snapshot of Hattori posing with a pianist who
appears to be African American. (#182922)
$45.00
Undated, but the regular version was published in 1949. Hattori was one of
Japan's leading jazz composers in the
postwar period.
20. Hill, Joe. The Rebel Girl [sheet
music]. Ithaca, NY: Glad Day Press, [19671975]. [4p.], 8.5x11 inches, facsimile
REPRINT of the original 1915 sheet music, issued circa 1970s. (#125908) $12
Front cover shows woman waving red banner. This
song was written for Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, later of
the CPUSA.
21. Hill, Joe. Workers of the world awaken [sheet
music]. Ithaca, NY: Glad Day Press, [1967-1975].
[4p.], 8.5x11 inches, facsimile REPRINT of the original 1916 sheet music, issued circa
1970s. (#128721)
$12.00
Front cover shows rising sun.
22. [J.Y.M.]. Knights of Labor, grand march for piano or organ by J.Y.M.
Respectfully dedicated to T.V. Powderly [sheet music]. Toledo, OH: Ign.
Fischer, 1886. Sheet music, 5p., wraps slightly soiled, 10.75x14 inches. Music
only, no lyrics. (#133995)
$95.00
23. Jones, Billy [words] and Edwin
C. Soley [music]. A little child's
heart. Wilkes Barre, PA: Billy
Jones, 1920. Four page sheet music,
10.5x13.75 inches, creased and torn
in the upper right hand corner, small
cover portrait of Jones surrounded by
numerous union endorsements.
(#134188)
$45.00
24. [Khmer Rouge]. Jianpuzhai ge qu ji
[Kampuchean song collection].
Shanghai: Shanghai wenyi chubanshe,
1978. 26p., wraps, staples rusting,
rubberstamp on cover and on internal
page of a middle school affiliated with a
Chinese steel mill; text in Chinese.
(#158845)
$65.00
Lyrics and musical notation for Khmer Rouge songs, translated for a Chinese
audience at the time when Beijing was the main ally of “Democratic Kampuchea.”
Includes such toe-tappers as "Increase production! Crush the enemy!" and "The
red flag of revolution," as well as several children's songs.
25. Latouche, John, words, and Earl Robinson, music. Ballad for Americans.
n.p.: n.pub., [194-]. Two 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets, neatly fold-creased,
otherwise very good; Statue of Liberty motif at head of first page. (#174863)
$20.00
Text from the popular front-era ballad, perhaps prepared for use during a performance. The ballad was
performed by Paul Robeson on CBS in 1939 and published in a proper booklet in 1940. Allegedly it was played at
both the Republican and Communist Party presidential conventions in 1940.
26. [Layton and Johnstone]. Smile all the while; song fox-trot with
ukulele accomp't. Words by Benny Davis. Music by Milton Ager. Sung by
Layton and Johnstone. London: Laurence Wright Music Co., 1925. 4p.,
9.5x12 inches, sheet music with a cover photo of the African American
vaudevillians; edgeworn wraps.
(#68737)
$50.00
Turner Layton and Clarence “Tandy”
Johnstone began working together in
New York in 1922 but found their
greatest success after moving their act
to England in 1924.
27. Lucas, Clarence. The perfect song.
Musical theme of The Pepsodent Hour
featuring Amos 'n' Andy, music by
Joseph Carl Breil. New York: ChappellHarms, 1929. [8]p., 9x12 inches, sheet
music with photos of the blackface
performers on the front cover. (#68870)
$20.00
28. Norman, Karyl, [aka George Francis Peduzzi] lyric by Karyl Norman
and Hyatt Berry, music by Edwin J. Weber. Nobody lied (when they said
that I cried over you). New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1922. [6p]
9x12 inches, sheet music, wraps with photo of Norman, "The Creole
Fashion Plate," in drag. (#51886)
$30.00
Gay female impersonator and singer born in Baltimore in 1897. He billed
himself as "The Creole Fashion Plate", and was known for his gowns,
mostly made by his mother with whom he traveled. All my life before me
looks so dreary and so black, / I
think I'll choose the river and I'll
never come back..."
29. Norman, Karyl, [aka George
Francis Peduzzi] by Cliff Friend &
Con Conrad. California. New
York: Jerome H. Remick & Co.,
1922. [6p] 9x12 inches, sheet
music, wraps, cover in mauve, pink
and apricot monochromes with photo of Norman in drag, margins
"repaired" with clear reinforcement tape. (#144167)
$45.00 30. Norman, Karyl, [aka George
Francis Peduzzi] lyric by Sidney
Mitchell, music by Lew Pollack. Midnight Rose; fox-trot ballad as sung
by Karyl Norman, "The Creole Fashion Plate." New York: M. Witmark &
Sons, 1923. [6p] 9x12 inches, sheet music, wraps sheet music, wraps with
photo of Norman garbed in a red dress and hat with a string of pearls and
in male drag lighting a cigarette in vignette. (#106416) $45.00
31. Norman, Karyl, [aka
George Francis Peduzzi] song
lyric by Benny Davis [and] B.
G/ de Sylva, music by Henry
W. Santly [and] Con Contrad.
Don't leave me mammy.
New York: Jerome H. Remick
& Co., 1922. [6p] 9x12
inches, sheet music, wraps
with photo of Norman in drag.
(#154385)
$75.00
32. Norman, Karyl, [aka
George Francis Peduzzi]
words and music by Lester
Santly and Abel Baer. All that
I need is you. New York: Leo
Fiest, 1921. [6p] 9x12 inches, sheet music, wraps slightly worn wraps
with photo of Norman in drag. (#154386)
$50.00
33. Otterström, [Thorvald] cover illustration by Olaf Olesen. Trabel on.
Burlesque march for piano from American Negro Suite [sheet music].
Chicago: Lyon & Healy, 1917. 6p., including covers, 10.5x13.5 inches,
pictorial wraps with light handling wear. (#168913)
$40.00
Otterström was a Danish-American immigrant living and teaching in
Chicago; his papers are held at the Newberry Library. This is a marching
song with lyrics in "Negro dialect" about marching for Jesus. The black,
white and gray cover illustration of an African American banjo player is
by Olaf Olesen.
34. [Pankey,
Aubrey]. Yin yue hui
[Concert]. Shanghai:
Zhongguo renmin dui
wai wenhua xiehui,
1955. 16p., illustrated
wraps, very good with
faint crease, 6.5x10 inches, text in Chinese. (#154115) $195
Program booklet for a Shanghai appearance of Pankey, the
first American to hold a concert in China after the 1949
revolution; the baritone was accompanied by a Czech pianist
whose name is transliterated as Marie Kenuokewa. Hailed in
the biographical introduction as a "progressive NegroAmerican," the Pennsylvania-born Pankey had spent much of
the previous decade outside the US performing around the
world and was later to settle in East Germany. Booklet
includes the lyrics, in Chinese translation, of all of the works
performed in the concert (some by Pankey himself), as well as
an overview of the traditions of African American music.
35. Reid, Reidy, cover
illustration by Joseph L.
Parrish. America first! (first,
last and always) [sheet
music]. New York: Dixie
Music Pub. Co., 1941. 4p. including covers, 9x12 inches, sheet music and lyrics,
cover illustration of Uncle Sam by Parrish, ads for Clarke's Minstrel Shows on
rear cover with stereotyped rendering of "Darkies" across the top. Small stain at
bottom left corner. (#147920)
$35.00
The song was written for the America First
Committee. Parrish was the editorial cartoonist
for the Chicago Tribune. A native of Tennessee,
Parrish began cartooning for the in 1936, and
became chief cartoonist in 1963, a post he held
until he retired in 1970. He continued to draw in retirement, publishing in the
Chicago Sun-Times and elsewhere.
36. Reynolds, Malvina. Little boxes and other
handmade songs. New York: Oak Publications,
1964. 95p., slightly shelfworn wraps, music;
inscribed by author to the Powells [Sylvia and
John], personal friends of hers in San Francisco
who were tried for sedition and conspiracy in
1959. (#133095)
$35.00
37. Robeson, Paul; Li Shishao. Baoluo Luoboxun yanchang de
Heiren min ge [Negro folk songs sung by Paul Robeson]. Beijing:
Zhongyang letuan ziliao zu, 1956. 43p., mimeographed from
handwritten Chinese text, staples rusting with discoloration of adjacent
paper, wraps mildly worn. (#170396)
$95.00
Compilation of Robeson's songs translated into Chinese with musical
notation, extensive annotation, a preface by Robeson borrowed from a
1949 publication, and a translator's preface.
38. [Robeson, Paul]. Baoluo
Luoboxun yan chang ge qu ji.
Shanghai: Shanghai yinyue
chubanshe, 1958. 36p., wraps with
photo portrait of Robeson on cover;
5x7 inches. (#154095) $125.00
Chinese translated lyrics and music of Robeson's classic performances, with a
preface describing him as "The glorious people's singer, heroic soldier for
peace."
39. [Robeson, Paul]. Ol' Man River. [From] Show Boat, starring Irene
Dunne with Allan Jones... [sheet music]. New York: T. B. Harms Company,
[1936]. 7p., 9 x 12 inch standard sheet-music format with photos of the
variuous actors taken from movie stills. Very good. (#175029) $22.00
40. Rumshinsky, Joseph; Anschel Schorr.
Mamenyu! Oder der troyer oyf di Trayengel fayer korbanot / Mameniu!
Including an elegy to the Triangle Fire victims. New York: Hebrew Publishing Co.,
1911. 4p., very good; cover illustration includes photos of both the musical
composer, Rumshinsky, and Schorr, who wrote the Yiddish lyrics. Musical score
with text in Yiddish, written using Romanized alphabet (so that the words could be
read left to right, along with the music, rather than right to left). Full text appears
on the back cover in both Romanized and Hebrew script. (#149304)
$75.00
This piece featured the collaboration of two important Yiddish composers,
memorializing the workers who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
41. Russell Brothers, sung by John Russell,
words and music by James I. Russell. Where
the River Shannon flows; the Irish Swanee
River; also sung by Matt J. Keefe of George Evans' 'Honey Boy Minstrels'.
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1912. [8p] 10.5x14 inches, sheet music,
wraps with cover decoration including a
small inset photo of the Russells in drag.
(#188304) $45.00
The brothers specialized in a comedy
routine parodying Irish serving girls. They
switched to Swedish girls after antidefamation forces complained.
42. Sousa, John Philip. The Black Man;
piano solo from the suite 'The Dwellers in
the Western World'. Cincinnati: The John Church Company, 1910. 6p. sheet
music with drawing of a banjo player in front of a cabin with two children,
10.75x14 inches, very good in wraps. (#151409) $125.00
Music without lyrics; prefaced with a Dunbar stanza that concludes "Now I think heaben 'd be mo' homelike / Ef
we 'd hyeah some music fall / F'om a real ol'-fashioned banjo, / Like dat one upon de wall."
43. Tempest, Florence, [aka Florenze Tempest] song by Harry
Pease, Ed Nelson and Bob Russak. You ought to see her now; as
introduced by Florence Tempest. New York: Jack Mills, 1919. [4p]
9x12 inches, sheet music, wraps with a photo of male impersonator
Tempest on the front cover. (#154401) $50.00
Tempest's first name was various spelled Florenze and Florence;
after WWI, she usually seems to be listed as 'Florence.' She and her
sister Marion Sunshine appeared as Tempest and Sunshine with Flo
usually assaying the male roles.
44. Tempest,
Florence, [aka
Florenze Tempest]
words by Grant
Clark, music by Jean
Schwartz. I love the
ladies; successfully
introduced by
Florenze Tempest,
"our American boy"
New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1914. 6p., 10.5x13.5
inch sheet music, wraps slightly worn along spine with minor
closed edge tears; a picture of Tempest on the front in male drag.
(#154400)
$50.00
45. Tilley, Vesta.
Vesta Tilley's new
songs; Following
in Father's
Footsteps, sung
with great success at all her engagements. New York: T. B. Harms,
1902. 8p. sheet music, 10.5x13.5 inches, decorative wraps with a
photograph of the male impersonator on the cover in a smart suit
and hat, minor closed edge tears, generally very good. (#154393)
$150.00
Tilley, born Matilda Alice Powles in 1864, starred on the music
hall stage in both England and the US for many years. This song
was used in the drag king play 'The Club' authored by Eve
Merriam, written in 1976 and staged in NYC that year at Circle in
the Square Theater by Tommy Tune.
The production won Obie awards in
several catagories. "I'm following in
father's footsteps, I'm following me dear
old dad. / He's just in front with a fine
big gal, So I thought that I'd have one
as well. / I don't know where he's going, But when he gets there I'll be glad! / I'm
following in father's footsteps, Yes, I'm following me dear old dad!"
46. Turati, Filippo, F. Fenouil, Lucien Roland et al. Inno dei lavoratori [Hymn of
the Workers]; [with] La Carmangnole du Parti ouvrier, Les Coquelicots, March du
1er Mai [sheet music]. Bellinzona & Paris: Tip. Coop, Le Socialiste, La Librairie du
Parti Socialiste et al, [1903]. Four small pieces of sheet music with lyrics in French and Italian, three of which are
folded to 4.5x6.6 inches; the fourth, the Turati, is 7.5x11 inches. Smaller items are folded with music on one side
and the lyrics on the other, the Turati is a broadside with portrait of the compser and red titles and decorations. All
are fragile, toned and worn. The only date is on the Turati, 1903. (#191142) $30.00
The "Hymn of the Workers" was also called the "Song for the Italian Workers Party."
47. [Velez, Lupé]. Yo te amo means I love you; music by Richard
Whiting, lyric by Alfred Bryan, sung by Miss Lupé Velez and
featured in the Paramount picture "The Wolf Song" New York:
Famous Music Corporation, 1929. 6p. sheet music, 9.25x12 inches,
very good with Velez' photograph on the front wrap. (#117443) $25.00
María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez, known to audiences of the time as
Lupé Velez, began as a vaudeville performer in Mexico before
becoming one of the first Latina actresses to make it big in Hollywood.
This sheet music is for a piece she performed in 1929's "The Wolf
Song." Her whirlwind romances with Hollywood elite were the matter
of gossip columns, and after her premature death by suicide in 1944,
some 4,000 mourners filed past her casket in Glendale. Andy Warhol's
underground film "Lupe" is about her
death.
48. [Vietnam War]. Giai phóng mien
Nam. Hanoi: My Thuat & Am Nhac,
1966. 31p., 7.5x10.5 inches, text in
Vietnamese, with an 8-page booklet laid
in giving French translations of all the lyrics; mildly crinkled with wear at corners,
faint stain on back cover. (#171338) $30.00
Wartime collection of revolutionary songs with musical notation. Title means
"Liberate our South."
49. [Vietnam War]. San sàng chiên dâú.
Hanoi: My Thuat & Am Nhac, 1966. [28p.],
7.5x10.5 inches, text in Vietnamese, with a 9page booklet laid in giving French translations of all the lyrics; mildly crinkled
with bottom right corner creased. (#171337)
$35.00
Collection of revolutionary
songs with musical notation.
Cover shows a US plane in the
crosshairs, one of its wings just
shot away.
50. Whittier, John Greenleaf,
poetry and Manuel Emilio,
music. Little Eva; Uncle Tom's
guardian angel. Composed and
most respectfully dedicated to
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. Front over + 4p. sheet
music, 10.5x14 inches, light foxing. The front wrapper, with the
Baker-Smith engraved drawing of Little Eva reading the bible to
Uncle Tom "in the arbor," is disbound; it is not clear if this was as
issued. Generally a very good copy of the Whittier poem. *BAL
21776, cover title state A, with "author" spelled correctly.
(#150800)
$125.00
51. Williams, Spencer, words and music. Struttin' at the
strutters ball. New York: Leo Feist, 1922. 6p., 9.25x12.25 inches,
slightly edgeworn red & black wraps with several closed tears.
Sheet music by Bert Williams' mentor, who became an actor and
filmmaker, best know for his work on Amos and Andy. (#150797)
$35.00
52. Wilson, Julian and James M. Smith. Battle hymn of Lt.
Calley; recorded by C Company featuring Terry Nelson on
Plantation Record PL-73. Nashville: Shelby Singleton Music Co.
and Quickit Publishing Co., 1971. 6p., including covers, 9x12
inches, lyrics and musical transcription, pictorial cover featuring a
sketch of Calley before judge and jury. (#144993)
$75.00
Sung to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic", a tribute to the
butcher of My
Lai chastising
those who
demonstrated
against the
war. "While
we're fighting
in the jungles, they were marching in the street / While we're
dying in the rice fields, they were helping our defeat
/ While we're facing V. C. Bullets, they were sounding a
retreat / As we go marching on..."
53. Zaret, Hy, lyrics, music by
Lou Singer. Little songs about
UN. New York: Argosy Music
Corp., 1949. 16p., 9x12 inches,
songs with music transcriptions
and lyrics, very good original
stapled pictorial wraps
portraying children looking at
the United Nations charter.
(#161335)
$25.00
Songs for kids about the UN and its agencies. Sample lyric: "ILO and ITO and
UNESCO are working UN agencies that work for you and me-o." Zaret is best
known best known as co-author of "Unchained Melody."