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Vacant chair.

Authors :
Washburn, Henry Stevenson
Washburn, Henry Stevenson
Publication Year :
2024

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
First line: We shall meet, but we shall miss him., Without music., Date based on sheet music copyright and printer address in contemporaneous city directories., At head of song sheet: "J. H. Johnson, Song Publisher, 7 N. Tenth St., Philadelphia.", Woodcut vignette of an arm chair--left of the title., Text of song in three eight-line stanzas, each with chorus., At foot of song sheet: "J. H. Johnson, Stationer & Printer, 7 N. 10th St., Phila.", Several CMP sheet music editions (earliest 1861, # 001094-SMVOL)--credit Root & Washburn., Song about John William Grout of Worcester, Mass., a Lieutenant in Company D, 15th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts. See Jillson, H. "The vacant chair" in The New England magazine. New series. April 1897. v.16, no.2. p. 131-145., OCLC # 37736003 cites alternate title., OCLC # 49637010 credits Ballad and Minstrel headings., See variant editions: 000673-BROAD, 002156-BROAD, 002479-BROAD, and 003181-BROAD., Edwin Wolf's American Song Sheets, 2447e.
Accession number :
edsoai.ocm60398957