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Thread #52862   Message #810863
Posted By: masato sakurai
25-Oct-02 - 05:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ridin' in a Railroad Keer (Car)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Riding on a Railroad Car
From the Levy Collection (pages 2 & 4 for (1) won't come up):

(1) Title: Songs of the Florence's. Ridin' in a Rail Road Keer.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Written and composed by W.J. Florence.
Publication: St. Louis: R.J. Compton, 52 Fourth St., 1859.
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: Suke Sattinet was a comely gal And lov'd her parents dear
First Line of Chorus: Ridin in a Railroad Keer, 'Twas going to the mill
Performer: Sung by Mrs. W.J. Florence in the Principal Theatres of Europe & America
Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: A. McLean Lith. St. Louis
Plate Number: 2199-4
Subject: Portraits
Subject: Railroad passenger cars
Subject: Traveling
Subject: Courtship & love
Subject: Marriage proposals
Subject: Fathers & children
Subject: Violence
Call No.: Box: 059 Item: 039

(2) Title: Song Sheet Ridin' in a Railroad Keer.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: na
Publication: New York: H. De Marsan, No. 60 Chatham St., n.d..
Form of Composition: strophic
Instrumentation: na
First Line: Suke Sattinet was a come 'y' ga'
Subject: African Americans
Subject: Caricatures
Subject: Banjos
Subject: Dialects
Subject: Courtship
Subject: Marriage proposals
Subject: Fathers & children
Subject: Firearms
Call No.: Box: 193 Item: 207

~Masato