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Title
Let me kiss him for his mother. Song and chorus / as performed by Ordway's Æolians, and other popular bands ; poetry and music by John P. Ordway
Creator
Ordway, John P. (John Pond), 1824-1880, composer
Contributor
Oliver Ditson & Co., publisher
Ordway's Æolian Vocalists, performer
Ordway, John P. (John Pond), 1824-1880, lyricist
Flint, James, 1779-1855, arranger of music
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued
1859
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
For voice, piano, and guitar. ; "To Edward Kelly. Esq." ; 2nd & 3rd verses printed as text on page 5. ; Advertisement on page [6]: "Valuable Music Books." ; From title page: The incident which prompted this ballad is explained in the following: During the ravages of the yellow fever in New Orleans, a young man from the state of Maine was attacked with that dreadful disease and soon died, with no relative to watch by his bedside, or soothe him with that sympathy which none but those of our own "dear kindred blood" can feel or manifest. He died among strangers, and was buried by them. When the funeral service was over, and the strange friends who had ministered to him were about to close the coffin, an old lady who stood by stopped them, and said, "Let me kiss him for his mother." What more lovely?
Extent
1 score (5 pages) 33 cm
Identifier
priJLC_SMUS Box T7
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/7624
Language
English
Subject
Death songs
Love, Maternal--Songs and music
Songs with guitar
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with guitar
Songs with piano
Minstrel music
Bereavement
Young men
Death
Popular music--United States
Yellow fever
Maine
New Orleans
Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1800's I-R
T7
23
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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