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Thread #107848 Message #2240182
Posted By: Sorcha
19-Jan-08 - 04:32 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Whip-Poor-Will's Song (Harrison Millard)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When You Hear The First Whipoorwill C
I don't see a date on the sheet music, but here is what the actual search turned up:
Levy Call Number: Box 130, Item 131a
Title: The Whip-Poor-Will's Echo Song.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: By H. Millard.
Publication: Boston : Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washington St.
Date: 1865
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: Oh, meet me when daylight is fading, and is darkening into the night
First Line of Chorus: Whip-poor-will! Whip-poor-will! You hear the first whip-poor-will's song
Advertisement: ads on back cover for Oliver Ditson & Co. stock
Subjects: Birds; Dwellings; Trees; Musical instruments; Parlors; Vases; Mantelpieces; Cupids; Stairs & stairways; Architectural elements--columns; Plants; Courtship; Love; Time
Duplication: cover and music same as Box 130 Item 131 (See: Box 130 Item 131)