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Title: Massa's in de cold ground / as sung by Christy's Minstrels ; written & composed by Stephen C. Foster
Creator: Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864, composer
Contributor: Christy Minstrels, performer
Firth, Pond & Co., publisher
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864, lyricist
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued: 1852
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: Wakelam & Bro. ; For voice, piano, and guitar. ; Advertisement on cover page: "Just published by the same author, Farewell My Lilly Dear."
Extent: 1 score (5 pages) ; 33 cm
Identifier: priJLC_SMUS Box T4
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/11927
Language: English
Subject: Songs with guitar
Songs with piano
Popular music--United States--To 1901
African Americans--Songs and music
Slavery--United States--Songs and music
Slaveholders--Death--Songs and music
Death songs
Vocal duets with guitar
Scores. (lcgft)
Popular music. (lcgft)
Sheet music. (aat)
Songs. (lcgft)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1800's Christy
T4
40
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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