Raynor HCA 2014-04
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Booklet, “Christy's Plantation Melodies. No. 2., The only Authorized Edition of Genuine Christy's Songs, as sung at Christy's Opera House, New York.” Published Under the Authority of Edwin P. Christy, Originator of Ethiopian Minstrelsy, and the First to Harmonize Negro Melodies. Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother, 1853. 16mo, (originally had printed paper wraps, front now missing), frontis, 71pp, plus 1p ads and ads on wraps. This volume contains only the lyrics (in spite of the claim to be the first to harmonize the melodies, you have to buy a ticket to hear them!). A few interesting variants of songs still popular today ("Carry me Back to Old Virginia Shore" and "Yellow Rose of Texas," for example).
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