The jolly raftsman
- Creator
- Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904
- Billings, engraver (engraver)
- Bouvé, Ephraim W., 1817-1897 (lithographer)
- Evans, Andrew (lyricist, performer)
- Form
- scores (documents for music)
- songs (musical compositions)
- Date
- 1844
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904
- Songs with piano
- Portraits
- Minstrel music -- United States
- Minstrel music
- Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904 Portraits
- Evans, Andrew Musical settings
- Geographic Subject
- United States
- Collection
- Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 1 score (2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 34 cm.
- Publisher
- Keith's Music Publishing House
- Notes
- Song; for voice and piano; refrain set for chorus (SAB) and piano.
- Caption title.
- First line of text: Oh I was born in ole Virginny.
- First line of chorus: My raft is by the shore.
- Illustration: portrait of D.D. Emmett surrounded by four small figures depicting minstrel performers / Billings, del. ; Lith. of E.W. Bouvé, Boston.
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Folio M1.A13 K4 Box 31, no. 33
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Still Image
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