Harris Broadsides

Broadsides are single-sheet publications, often issued as ephemera or announcements. The Harris Broadsides Collection is a comprehensive collection of American poetry published in broadside format from colonial times to the present. The collection offers materials covering a broad spectrum of American life, and includes poetry of every description: 18th and 19th century ballads, verse describing newsworthy events, poetic effusions of sentimentality and patriotism, comic verse, and much more. When completed, this digital project will include over 20,000 titles.
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Whip the Kaiser

Whip the Kaiser

Brown University

Printed in blue within red double line border. At head of title colored illustration of American flag. To be sung to the tune: Tipperary. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with eight-line chorus beginning: It takes a long time to whip the Kaiser. Type-signed at end: A.J. Shaffer.

While we slept, America

While we slept, America

Brown University

by Mary Norbert Korte. Printed on tan paper in two columns divided by double line; title and imprint in first column, poem in second.

While midnight oil's been burning

Pages [2,4] blank. Printed in red and black. At end of text: The season's greetings herewith goes to family, friends, and former beaux. Dot and Ned Naumburg.

While midnight oil's been burning

Pages [2,4] blank. Printed in red and black. At end of text: The season's greetings herewith goes to family, friends, and former beaux. Dot and Ned Naumburg.

While midnight oil's been burning

Pages [2,4] blank. Printed in red and black. At end of text: The season's greetings herewith goes to family, friends, and former beaux. Dot and Ned Naumburg.

While I was over there

While I was over there

Brown University

At head of text: The story of a privateer, who "did his bit", and did it here, while "our boys" were "over there." At end of text: "Dr. Smiles" said, as he finished writing the above lines ..

Which?

Which?

Brown University

Poetry; quotation from Macbeth and fourteen lines of poetry typesigned: Francisco de Vasconcellos-Coutinno.

Where's Rosanna gone?, or, The kiss behind the door

Text of song in five eight-line stanzas with varied four-line chorus beginning: I shall never kiss my love again behind the kitchen door. At end of text below curvilinear line: A.W. Auner, Song Printer, Tenth and Race Sts. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Where things are

Where things are

Brown University

Poetry. Caption title. Photo-mechanically reproduced visual poem created from type and manuscript. Publisher's note on Brown University copy states "'Where things are' was Blue Pig 17." Series is published in Northampton, Mass. by the Sand Project Press; no. 17 was published in 1972.

Where the shamrocks used to grow

Poem ridicules Britain and predicts German victory in World War I. Poem ridicules Britain and predicts German victory in World War I. At head of text: Sung to The wearing of the green (Author shot for treason) Text of song in six eight-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: It's the awfulest country that ever you did see. At end of text: Copyright 1916. Orders for this poem [ ... ] by mail. Price 10 [ ... ] Postage Sta[ ... ] Address[ ... ] Alex McG. W[ ... ]

Where sun-spores

Where sun-spores

Brown University

Printed on pink paper. First line same as title. Includes 18-line poem and publisher's note. At end of poem: Lucio Piccolo translated by Brian Swann & Ruth Feldman. "500 copies have been printed, 300 for the two translators and 200 for the publisher."

Where new songs peal

Where new songs peal

Brown University

Printed in reddish-brown on green ground on glossy paper in postcard format. Type-signed at end: Lilith Lorraine. Publication date from postmark on Brown University copy.