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Who will care for mother now?

Authors :
Sawyer, Charles Carroll.
Sawyer, Charles Carroll.
Publication Year :
2024

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
First line: Why am I so weak and weary?, 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.", "See the Answer to this Song, 'Kind Friends are Near Her.'"--Beneath author's name., "During one of our late battles ... fevered cheeks, 'Who will care for Mother now?"--Above text., Text of song in three eight-line stanzas, each with chorus., "Music Published by Sawyer and Thompson, 59 Fulton Avenue, Brooklyn."--Beneath text., At foot of song sheet: "J. H. Johnson, Stationer & Printer, 7 N. 10th St., Philadelphia.", OCLC #48091714 credits song as a Minstrel song., OCLC #37736005 credits song as a ballad., Several OCLC & CPM editions (earliest 1861-1876, # 000716-BROAD)--credit Sawyer & Thompson., CPM song sheet edition # 000353-BROAD (1864)--credits companion song., See variant editions: 000716-BROAD, 001221-BROAD, 001653-BROAD, 001654-BROAD, 002864-BROAD, 003190-BROAD, and 003233-BROAD., Edwin Wolf's American Song Sheets, 2616g
Accession number :
edsoai.ocm60398969