The hidden flag : ballad

Contributor:

Bokum, Hermann, 1807-1878 (lyricist); Swain, George F. (engraver)

Name:

Fischer, W. C.

Timespan:

Civil War, 1861-1865

Date:

1866

Language:

English

Publisher:

Sep. Winner

Subject:

Bokum, Hermann, 1807-1878; Songs with piano; Musical settings; History; Bokum, Hermann, 1807-1878 Musical settings

Resource Type:

Still Image

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 score (5 pages); 34 cm

Geographic Subject:

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music; United States

Rights:

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

Notes:

Song; for voice and piano; refrain set for chorus (SATB) and piano.; First line of text: O take my friend this flag from me.; First line of refrain: Then hide my friends this flag from me.; Verses 2-4 printed as text on p. 5.; "When the family of the Rev. Herman Bokum was compelled to fly from East Tennessee to escape rebel persecution, his wife took the American flag, which had always floated over the house, and consigned it to a friend, to be hidden until they should be able again to raise it over their home"--Caption.; Decorative title set within an ornamental frame / G.F. Swain.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Folio M1.A13 K4 Box 17, no. 10

Collection:

Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)