“Lay my head beneath a rose. Sentimental song. W.A. Madison. G. Falkenstein. Ventura, CaL: Bartlett Brothers. (Received Nov. 17, 1897.) 159, Copyright proprietor: G. Falkenstein.”

[Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles, No. 314 (Washington: GPO, 1897, p.52)]

Note: Bartlett Brothers (Bartlett's Minstrels) was based in Ventura, CA, nearer Los Angeles than San Francisco. By 1897 Grant Falkenstein had been with the company for at least six years. This may not be the oldest printing.