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Long time ago
a glee
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Other titles:
- On the lake where droop'd the willow (First line of text:)
Publication/Creation:
- Boston (33 Court St., Boston): Henry Prentiss, c1839
Creators and Contributors:
- S. P. T.
(arranger)
- Morris, George Pope, 1802-1864
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- Henry Prentiss (Music publisher)
(publisher)
Description:
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (3, [1] p.) : ill. ; 34 cm.
- General notes:
- For solo voice (ATTB)
- Cover title.
- "'Long Time Ago' was rooted deep in the negro past ... Made over into a sentimental song, it became one of Morris's most popular hits, 'Near the Lake Where Drooped the Willow'"--Series of Old American Songs, no. 18 / Brown University Library.
- Pages 1-2 are unnumbered.
- Cover illustration: lithograph of lake scene with willow tree and memorial urn / BC.
- "T. Moore's Lithography, Boston."
- Other notes:
- arranged for four voices & inscribed to O.W.W. by S.P.T.
Subject Headings:
- Popular music -- United States
- Death songs
- African Americans -- Music
Host Collection:
