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Oh swift we go, a sleighing song

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1840

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Mrs. Geo. Barrett (Bound, Vol. 3)

GUSN

GUSN-191327

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Description

Cover depicts two men watching a large sleigh with many passengers pass them. Snow covers the landscape and four horses pull the carriage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sheet music
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Sheet music project number SMHNE090

Physical Description

1 print : lithograph

Collection Code

MS007

Collection Name

Barrett family papers

Reference Code

MS007.01.15.01

Record Details

Originator

Knight, Joseph Philip, 1812-1887 (Composer)
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
Champney, B., 1807-1917

Material Type

sheet music
prints (visual works)

Subjects

Sports, games, amusements

Accruals Note

Included in the Sheet Music Images Database.
"The music composed and dedicated to S. Parkman Tuckerman, Esq."

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Oakes & Swan

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Mrs. Geo. Barrett (Bound, Vol. 3)

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