Full Display

WebTN_FullDisplay

Click this link for larger image:
http://musicman.mtsu.edu/broadsides/Binder1/JPEGmed/0102brom.jpg

Collection
Song Broadsides

Item ID
000102-BROAD

Accession Number
94-017 Goldstein

Title
Nancy Till. : popular song.

Creator
Rich, G. H.

Date
[1853-1858]

Publisher
J. Andrews.

Place of Publication
New York, NY

Subject
Broadsides -- United States -- 19th century.
Songs -- United States -- 19th century -- Texts.
Popular music -- United States -- 19th century -- Texts.
African Americans -- Stereotypes -- Songs and music -- Texts.
Love songs -- United States -- 19th century -- Texts.
Minstrel songs -- United States -- 19th century -- Texts.
Courtship -- Songs and music -- Texts.
Ohio River -- Songs and music -- Texts.

Physical Description
1 broadside ; ca. 21.5 x 12.5 cm.

Location
binder 1, item 88

Series
kg 58/33

Notes
Without music.
John Andrews is listed at 38 Chatham Street in New York City directories for 1853-1858.
"Sung Nightly with Tremendous Applause, by all the Minstrel Bands." --beneath title.
At foot of song sheet: "Printer of Songs, Circulars, Cards, Labels, etc.etc. Neat, Quick and Cheap."
Several of CPM sheet music editions (earliest 1851, # 003443-BYULG) credit Minstrels heading.
OCLC 31571445 and 31571379 credits Rich.
Authorized personal name hdgs verified in OCLC.
Edwin Wolf's American Song Sheets, 1540a
See variant editions: 000444-BROAD & 003141-BROAD.
<br /><a href="http://popmusic.mtsu.edu/Broadsides/index.html">Please see the Kenneth S. Goldsein American Song Broadside website at http://popmusic.mtsu.edu/Broadsides/index.html for more information.<br /> &nbsp;</a>

First Line
First line:
Down by de cane brake.

Lyrics
Down by de cane brake,
Close by de mill,
Dere I met a yaller gal,
And her name was Nancy Till;
She know'd dat I loved her,
She know'd it berry long,
I'm going to serenade her,
An' dis shall be de song.

Chorus.

Oh, come love, come, de boat lies low,
She lies high and dry on de Ohio,
Come love, come, won't you go 'long wid me,
I'll take you down to Tennessee.

I come from below,
Will you go, lub, wid me,
I will row de boat,
While de boat rows me;
And I'm waiting for you now,
You will not refuse to go,
And listen to de harmony
Ob de ole banjo.
Oh, come, lub, come, &c.

Open de window, lub,
For your lover so true,
An' listen to de music
He is playing for you;
Like de soft summer notes,
So sweet and so low,
As dey flow from de strings
Ob de ole banjo.
Oh, come, lub, come, &c.

Notation
Lyrics only

RecordID
92591

Full Display

WebTN_FullDisplay

Click this link for larger image:
http://musicman.mtsu.edu/broadsides/Binder18/JPEGmed/3141brom.jpg

Collection
Song Broadsides

Item ID
003141-BROAD

Accession Number
94-017 Goldstein

Title
Nancy Till : popular song.

Creator
Rich, G. H.

Date
[1857-1890]

Publisher
Horace Partridge.

Place of Publication
Boston, MA

Subject
Broadsides -- United States -- 19th century.
Songs -- United States -- 19th century -- Texts.
Popular music -- United States -- 19th century -- Texts.
African Americans -- Stereotypes -- Songs and music -- Texts.
Love songs -- United States -- 19th century -- Texts.
Minstrel songs -- United States -- 19th century -- Texts.
Courtship -- Songs and music -- Texts.
Ohio River -- Songs and music -- Texts.

Physical Description
1 broadside (1 item on 1 sheet) ; ca. 20 x 13 cm.

Location
binder 18, item 70

Series
kg 70/14

Notes
Without music.
Horace Partridge is listed at various Hanover Street addresses in Boston directories for 1857-1890.
"Sung Nightly with Tremendous Applause, by a ll the Minstrel Bands."--beneath title.
Text of song in three eight-line stanzas, each with four-line chorus.
At foot of song sheet: "Published and Sold Wholesale by Horace Partridge, . . . 125, 127, & 131 Hanover Street, Boston."
Several of CPM sheet music editions (earliest 1851, # 003443-BYULG) credit Minstrels heading.
OCLC 31571445 and 31571379 credits Rich.
Authorized personal name hdgs verified in OCLC.
CPM song sheet cropped at two decorative borders.
<br /><a href="http://popmusic.mtsu.edu/Broadsides/index.html">Please see the Kenneth S. Goldsein American Song Broadside website at http://popmusic.mtsu.edu/Broadsides/index.html for more information.<br /> &nbsp;</a>

First Line
First line:
Down by the cane brake.

Lyrics
Down by the cane brake,
Close by de mill,
Dere I met a yaller gal,
And her name was Nancy Till,
She know'd dat I loved her,
She know'd it berry long,
I'm going to serenade her,
An' dis shall be my song.

CHORUS,
Oh come love, come, de boat lies low,
She lies high and dry on de Ohio,
Come love, come, won't you go along wid me,
I'll take you down to Tennessee.

I come from below,
Will you go, lub, wid me,
I will row de boat,
While de boat rows me;
And I'm waiting for you now,
You will not refuse to go,
And listen to de harmony
Ob de ole banjo.
Oh, come, lub, come, &c.

Open de window, lub,
For your lover so true,
An' listen to de music
He is playing for you;
Like de soft summer notes,
So sweet and so low,
As dey flow from de strings
Ob de ole banjo.
Oh, come, lub, come, &c.

Notation
Lyrics only

RecordID
92593