"Mother would comfort me" :
song and chorus /
words and music composed by Charles Carroll Sawyer.

Description

Main Author

Sawyer, Charles C. (Charles Carroll), 1833-

Language(s)

English

Published

Brooklyn, N.Y. (59 Fulton Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.) : Sawyer & Thompson, ©1863.

Subjects

War songs.
Soldiers.
Popular music.
Love, Maternal.
Death songs.
Soldiers > Soldiers / Songs and music.
Death songs.
Love, Maternal > Love, Maternal / Songs and music.
Popular music > Popular music / United States > Popular music / United States / To 1901.
War songs > War songs / United States.
United States.
United States > United States / History > United States / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 > United States / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 / Songs and music.
Music.
History.

Note

First line of chorus: Gently her hand o'er my forehead she'd press.
First line of text: Wounded and sorrowful, far from my home.
"Electrotyped by Smith & McDougal, 82 and 84 Beekman St., N.Y."
Advertisement: New Music published by Sawyer & Thompson on p. [6].
Note above caption relates the tale of a dying soldier from New York.
Verses 2-3 printed as text on p. 3.
"To J.A. Herman."
Pages 1-3 are unnumbered, p. 4-5 is numbered 2-3, p. 6 is unnumbered.
For voice and piano, with chorus refrain.

Physical Description

1 score ([3], 2-3 [i.e. 4-5], [1] pages)

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