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Posted By: Lighter
22-Apr-21 - 12:07 PM
Thread Name: Origins: My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
Subject: RE: Origins: My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
Boston Evening Transcript (Sept. 25, 1859), p. 4:
MRS. FLORENCE'S NEW SONGS, for the Piano, elegantly printed, with a portrait of the Florences on the title page. Price 30 cts. each.
Way Down in Maine The Captain with his Whiskers Johnny was a Shoemaker Emma Jane
Published and for sale by OLIVER DITSON & CO. 277 Washington street
[W.J. Florence (1831-1891) and his wife, Malvina Pray Florence (1829-1905) were well-known actors and comedians of the period.]