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Title: The Yankee quilting party : a comic song / composed and sung by John A. Sterry of the Alpine Warblers
Creator: Sterry, John A., composer
Contributor: Firth, Pond & Co., publisher
Quidor, George W., (approximately 1817-), engraver
Sterry, John A., lyricist
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued: 1853
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: For voice and piano. ; Title from cover. ; Verses 2-5 printed as text on page 5. ; "Quidor Engvr."
Extent: 1 score (5 pages) ; 4 cm
Identifier: priJLC_SMUS Box T2
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/11879
Language: English
Subject: Songs with piano
Minstrel music
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States
Humorous songs
African Americans--Songs and music
Women--Songs and music
Flirting
Popular music--United States
Love--Songs and music
Sheet music. (aat)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Music : Comic Songs M-Z
T2
60
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the sheet music was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2019.

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