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Description
Brown wax cylinder. W. H. Greenhow; Olive Greenhow. W. H. Greenhow introduces his daughter: "Olive Mary Greenhow was born May twenty-eighth eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. She will now sing a song of her papa's composition." She sings a song to the tune of Yankee Doodle. "Olive will now speak a piece composed by her papa which she recited in the public school. / [...] she couldn't remember it so she will now recite something else." She recites and sings "Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground." Also available online via the Internet. Sung in English. The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (William Henry Greenhow Collection, Set Number: 134-07, Originally acquired: Wayne show, October 2008).
Type
sound
Format
Audio Audio cylinder Electronic resource
Extent
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 143.3 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
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