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Published by [N.p., 1850
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Single sheet, 10 x 3½ inches. Woodcut vignette. Some very minor edge nicks. Very good. British black minstrel song sheet with small vignette of two smoking West India slaves, with a ship in background. "Happy are we us N****** [asterisks ours] so gay / We'll laugh and we'll sing, while the banjo does play.".
Published by [N.p., 1850
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Single sheet, about 9 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Some slight edge wrinkles and dustiness. Else quite good. Black minstrel song sheet printed in England, with a charming woodcut vignette of a white man smoking a pipe riding a mule: "My massa and my missus have both gone away, / Gone to the sulphur springs the summer months to stay; / And while they're off togedder on a little kind of spreee / I'll go down to Charlestown de pretty gals to see.".
Published by W.S. Fortey, [N.p.], 1850
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Single sheet, about 9 x 3 1/2 inches. Beehive woodcut vignette. Some slight edge dustiness. Else very good. British song sheet with black minstrel-style song. Chorus: "Down in de corn fields. / Here dat mournful sound, / All de darkies am a weeping, / Massa's in de cold, cold ground.".
Published by H. Such, Printed and Publisher, London, 1850
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Single sheet, about 4 x 9 1/2 inches. Overall condtion is very good. Rather incongruous woodcut vignette of a Chinese man with pagoda and ship in the background. British song sheet with black minstrel song: "A Boatman leads a fearful life, / Him always on the deep, / They say him nebber knows but strife, / Him scarce gets any sleep; / Him fish for turbot all de night, / Him do what good he can; / And when a shipwreck heaves in sight, / The first is de old boatman.".
Published by Printed and Sold by T. Watts, Birmingham, 1850
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Single sheet, about 10 x 3 1/2 inches. Some slight edge wrinkles and dustiness. Overall quite good. Minstrel song sheet printed in England, with a charming woodcut vignette of a street peddler surrounded by several children: "Since you wish to hear me, / Sing a little song, / I'll sing a very pretty one, / Concerning Lucy Long, / She used to play the fiddle, / When to parties we did go, / And I used to charm the n****** [asterisks ours] / Upon the old banjo.".
Published by H. Disley, London, 1850
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Single sheet, about 4 x 10 inches. Some slight marginal dustiness. Else very good. British song sheet with Black minstrel theme and song. With woodcut vignette of a black man with pipe. "Oh, white folks listen unto me, / Oh, Billy Pattison, / The subject of my story, I'll tell unto thee, / Don't tell me, don't tell me, / The name of my song I'll tell unto thee, / Is oh, Billy Pattison. / Billy Pattison, good-bye, / I think your horse will die, / If he don't I'll ride again. / If he dies I'll tan his hide. / I'll lay ten dollars down, / I'll leave it in my will, / Show me the man in this yer town, / That struck my brother Bill.".
Published by Disley, Printer, [N.p.], 1850
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Single sheet, about 10 x 3 1/2 inches. Some slight edge dustiness. Else very good. British song sheet with black minstrel-style song: "My massa and my missus have both gone away, / Gone to the sulphur springs the summer months to stay; / And while they're off togedder on a little kind of spreee / I'll go down to Charlestown de pretty gals to see." With somewhat incongruous woodcut vignette of a cavalier at top.