"The Life Boat. Or The Sailors Farewell"

sheet music

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & SHEET MUSIC
Pridham, J.; Evans & Co.; Packer, T.; Hawker & Sons; Hullah, John Pyke; Russell, Henry
England, London
paper
13-1/2 x 9-3/4 in.

Sheet music, "The Life Boat. Or The Sailors Farewell"; new and revised edition; printed at bottom "A DESCRIPTIVE FANTASIA,/ UPON POPULAR NAUTICAL MELODIES,/ BY/ JOHN PRIDHAM."; published by Evans & Co., London; color cover illustration by T. Packer of surfmen in lifeboat rowing to wrecked vessel, lighthouse at left; cover trimmed; themes from the following songs: "The Anchor's Weigh'd, Farewell; Farewell", "The Ship in Full Sail", "I'm A Float, I'm A Float", "The Storm" (possibly by John Pyke Hullah), "Cheer Boys, Cheer" (by Henry Russell), "A Life on the Ocean Wave" (by Henry Russell); 7 pages.

2003.37.11