"Ever Be Happy"

sheet music

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & SHEET MUSIC
Duganne, Augustine; Walker, Edward L.; Gordon, S[tephen] T.; Balfe, Michael William
USA, NY, New York
1849
paper
13-1/4 x 10 in.

Sheet music; "Ever Be Happy"; printed on cover "T. Mrs. P. E. Freeman/ EVER BE HAPPY!/ The Pirates Farewell/ BALLAD/ THE WORDS BY/ Augustine Duganne/ Editor of the Iron Man/ ADAPTED TO THE CELEBRATED MELODY/ THE PIRATES CHORUS/ IN/ THE ENCHANTRESS/ BY/ EDWARD L. WALKER"; published by S. T. Gordon, New York, 1849; cover printing in various fonts and scrolls; handwritten in pencil upper left "Mary Evanson[?]". Walker may have had something to do with the arrangement, but is falsely credited with the music; text is parody of "The Pirates Chorus" by Michael William Balfe from "The Enchantress" 1845; see Stuart M. Frank, "The Book of Pirate Songs"; 3 pages.


2002.103.8

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