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Woodman! Spare that tree!

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1837

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Mrs. Geo. Barrett (Bound, Vol. 3)

GUSN

GUSN-191335

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Description

Cover depicts a gentleman talking to a farmer holding an axe underneath a large tree. The farmer's house and water well are visible.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ballads
exterior views
houses
dwellings
sheet music
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Sheet music project number SMHNE091

Physical Description

1 print : lithograph

Collection Code

MS007

Collection Name

Barrett family papers

Reference Code

MS007.01.15.02

Record Details

Originator

Russell, Henry, 1812-1900 (Composer)
Morris, George P. (Lyricist)

Material Type

sheet music
prints (visual works)

Other Organizations

Endicott & Co.

Subjects

pastoral scenes

Accruals Note

Included in the Sheet Music Images Database.
Pastoral scenes
"The Words Copied From The New York Mirror, Written by George P. Morris, By whom this song is respectfully dedicated to Benjamin M. Brown, Esq."

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

New York, N.Y.

Publisher

Firth & Hall

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Mrs. Geo. Barrett (Bound, Vol. 3)

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