"The Fisher Boy Merrily Lives."

sheet music

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & SHEET MUSIC
Oakes & Swan; Russell, Henry; Cook, Eliza
USA, MA, Boston
1840
paper
overall: 13-1/4 x 10 in.

Sheet music; "The Fisher Boy Merrily Lives."; lyrics by Eliza Cook, music by Henry Russell, and published by Oakes & Swan; four pages; image on front is of a young boy in a broad-brimmed hat, short jacket, and trousers, holding a pair of oars and waving, with boats and nets in the background; printed on front cover "THE FISHER BOY MERRILY LIVES./ A SONG,/ Sung with great applause by/ MRS. SEGUIN./ E.W.. Bouve's Lithographic Press./ The Music Composed and dedicated as a mark of respect to/ EDWARD BERTIE RANGER, ESQUIRE./ BY/ HENRY RUSSELL./ Price 50 cts. nett./ BOSTON. Published by Oakes & Swan, 8 1/2 Tremont Row./ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1840 by Oakes & Swan in the Clerks office of the district Court of Massachusetts."; printed in right lower corner on an angle in a red box "Copy Right."; signature of Henry Russell on the front; written in ink on upper right corner "47".

2009.9.6