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Collection
Song Broadsides

Item ID
000444-BROAD

Accession Number
94-017 Goldstein

Title
Nancy Till.

Creator
Rich, G. H.

Date
[1875-1891?]

Publisher
[A. W. Auner?]

Place of Publication
[Philadelphia, PA?]

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. 20 x 12 cm.

Location
binder 2, item 277

Series
kg 40/111

Notes
Without music.
Publisher assigned by collector, based on matching borders & fonts, with dates verifiable from research performed by the Am. Antiquarian Soc. using city directories, same-title publications in hand, and/or textual references.
OCLC 31571445 and 31571379 credits Rich.
Several of CPM sheet music editions (earliest 1851, # 003443-BYULG) credit Minstrels heading.
Authorized personal name hdgs verified in OCLC.
Edwin Wolf's American Song Sheets, 1540b
CPM song sheet cropped at 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
Down by the cane break.

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

Oh come, lub, come, de boat lays 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, &c.

Open de window, lub,
For your lover so true,
And listen to de music
He's 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, &c.

Notation
Lyrics only

RecordID
92592

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Item ID
003443-BYULG

Title
Nancy Till

Additional Author
White's Serenaders prf

Date
1851

Publisher
Firth, Pond & Co.

Place of Publication
NY

Subject
African-Americans - Stereotypes
Minstrels - Songs and music

Location
BYULG 046

First Line
Down in de cane brake close by de mill

RecordID
92594

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Item ID
003444-BYULG

Title
Nancy Till

Additional Author
White's Serenaders prf

Date
1851

Publisher
Firth, Pond & Co.

Place of Publication
NY

Subject
Minstrels - Songs and music
African-Americans - Stereotypes

Location
BYULG 046

First Line
Down in de cane brake close by de mill

RecordID
92595