Come home, Father

Contributor:

Russell, George A., 19th century (arranger of music)

Name:

Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1832-1884

Date:

1863

Language:

English

Publisher:

Root & Cady

Subject:

Music in the theater; Temperance -- Songs and music; Songs with guitar

Resource Type:

Still Image

Form/Genre:

scores (documents for music); songs (musical compositions); musical compositions

Physical Description:

1 score (5 pages); 34 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Song; for voice and guitar; refrain set for chorus (SATB) and guitar.; Caption title.; Collection title on t.p.: Popular songs arranged for the guitar.; Introduced in the play Ten nights in a bar-room by Timothy Shay Arthur. cf. Mattfeld, Variety music cavalcade, p. 117.; "'Tis the song of little Mary standing at the bar-room door while the shameful midnight revel rages wildly as before."--P. 3.; First line of text: Father, dear father, come home with me now.; First line of chorus: Hear the sweet voice of the child.; Related Work: Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885. Ten nights in a bar-room.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Folio M1.A13 K4 Box 28, no. 55

Collection:

Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)