Look up on that banner : song of the patriot mother to her son

Contributor:

Pratt, R. Horace (lyricist); Webb, L. W. (engraver); Miles, Dixon Stansbury, 1804-1862 (dedicatee); R. Weber & Co (lithographer)

Name:

Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890

Date:

1849

Language:

English

Publisher:

published by F. D. Benteen

Subject:

Songs with piano; Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Songs and music; Patriotic music -- United States; Patriotic music

Resource Type:

StillImage

Form/Genre:

Songs with piano; Songs; Scores

Physical Description:

1 score (5 pages) : illustrations; 35 cm

Geographic Subject:

United States

Rights:

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

Notes:

Song; for voice and piano.; First line of text: Look up on that banner!; First line of text of the refrain: Justice is our motto, our country always right.; "Come not to me! go to Mexico - revenge your brother's death, and sustain your country's honor. Extract from a letter from Mrs. Porter to her son, who had communicated to her the death of his brother in Mexico"--Caption.; Illustration: scene of a woman standing beside a soldier as he mounts his horse. She is pointing towards an American flag; a battle is being waged in the background / lith. of R. Weber & Co.; Engraver of music noted at bottom of p. 5 as "Webb".

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Folio M1.A13 K4 Box 13, no. 24

Collection:

Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)