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Thread #53607 Message #826314
Posted By: masato sakurai
14-Nov-02 - 05:57 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Yellow Rose of Texas
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS
From the Levy collection:
Title: The Yellow Rose of Texas. Song & Chorus. Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Composed and Arranged Expressly for Charles H. Brown by J.K. J. K. Publication: New York: Firth, Pond, & Co., 547 Broadway, 1858. Form of Composition: strophic with chorus Instrumentation: piano and voice First Line: There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am going to see, No other 'darkey knows her, no darkey only me First Line of Chorus: She's the sweetest rose of color this darkey ever knew Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: Quidor, Engvr. Plate Number: 4449 Subject: Courtship & love Subject: Pride Call No.: Box: 016 Item: 147