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/ Ladies won't you marry? : No. 4 songs of the Sable Harmonists

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Title
Ladies won't you marry? : No. 4 songs of the Sable Harmonists
Contributor
Sable Harmonists. performer
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued
1849
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
For voice and piano. ; Caption title. ; Verses 3-4 printed as text on p. 5. ; First line of text: Oh Ladies won't you marry me. ; First line of chorus: Oh! Ladies won't you marry. ; Black and white lithograph of the Sable Harmonists performing (in possible blackface). A man and a woman [African American or in blackface] appear to be dancing on each side of the cover page.
Extent
1 score (5 pages) ; 34 cm.
Identifier
priJLC_SMUS Box T7
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/7610
Language
English
Subject
Songs with piano
Popular music
Minstrel music
Blackface
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States
African American women
African Americans--Songs and music
Popular music--United States
Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1800's I-R
T7
7
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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