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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We are marching on to victory

At head of title cut of high silk hat. To be sung to the tune: John Brown. Text of song in three four-line stanzas with chorus beginning: Glory, glory, hallelujah. No candidate is named, but mention of the "grand old party" and "sound money" points to the presidential election of 1896; 1892 and other dates are possible.

We are going to win!

We are going to win!

Brown University

Tune: The brewer's big horses. At head of text: (Dedicated to the Red Cross of America)

We are going to win!

We are going to win!

Brown University

Tune: The brewer's big horses. At head of text: (Dedicated to the Red Cross of America)

We are going to win!

We are going to win!

Brown University

Tune: The brewer's big horses. At head of text: (Dedicated to the Red Cross of America)

We are coming, Father Abra'am!

by J. Cullen Bryant. Within chain border of type ornament sections with ornamental corners. Text of song in four five-line stanzas with two-line chorus with both lines repeating the first line of the song. Poem sometimes erroneously attributed to William Cullen Bryant or J. Cullen Bryant; originally published in 1862 as We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand strong, by James Sloan Gibbons, who wrote on other topics as Robert Morris. Cf. BAL, vol. 1, p. 346. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

We are coming, Father Abra'am!

by J. Cullen Bryant. Within chain border of type ornament sections with ornamental corners. Text of song in four five-line stanzas with two-line chorus with both lines repeating the first line of the song. Poem sometimes erroneously attributed to William Cullen Bryant or J. Cullen Bryant; originally published in 1862 as We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand strong, by James Sloan Gibbons, who wrote on other topics as Robert Morris. Cf. BAL, vol. 1, p. 346. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

We are coming Uncle Johnnie

Title same as first line. Within single line border. At head of text: Adapted to the tune of "John Brown's Body."

We are coming

We are coming

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by double line. To be sung to the tune: Vive l'amour. At head of text: To the Eleventh Ward Fremont Association of Brooklyn, by W.B.H. Text of song in eighteen four-line stanzas with six-line chorus beginning: We are coming--we are coming!

We all want to be happy

We all want to be happy

Brown University

Poetry. Printed in brown on heavy tan paper. Title from first line of poem. Type-signed at end: Frank Oliver Hall. New Year, 1916.

We all say everything must begin

Poetry. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in sepia on cream paper. On page [1] reproduction of photograph of buildings. Title from first line of poem on page [3] At end of poem: Amherst College.

We all say everything must begin

Poetry. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in sepia on cream paper. On page [1] reproduction of photograph of buildings. Title from first line of poem on page [3] At end of poem: Amherst College.

We all say everything must begin

Poetry. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in sepia on cream paper. On page [1] reproduction of photograph of buildings. Title from first line of poem on page [3] At end of poem: Amherst College.

We

We

Brown University

Page [4] blank. On page [1] engraving by Thomas Nast of Santa Claus holding clay pipe and toys. Caption title. Poem in 16 lines type-signed: A.C.H. "Thomas Nast's cartoon appeared in Harper's Weekly, January 1, 1881." "Best wishes for a Merry Christmas for 1969 and a Happy New Year for 1970 from Miriam & Arthur Holden."

Way down souf among de brakes: song and chorus

Slave husband laments separation from his wife, sold by "ole Massa." Slave husband laments separation from his wife, sold by "ole Massa." Within double-line border. Text of dialect song in three eight-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: Dar we lib'd and lub'd each other. At end of text: Words and music at Kimball's Music Rooms, Manchester, N.H. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Way down in old Virginia

Song describes military home in Virginia for disabled Union veterans. Song describes military home in Virginia for disabled Union veterans. Printed in two columns within border of type ornaments. At head of title within upper border cut of broken drum and sword. At end of text within lower border: Written by D.D. Gilson, late of Co. M. 1st Mass. H. A. Price five cents. Text of song in 16 five-line stanzas, with the fifth line usually: Way down in Old Virginia. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence, especially the reference to the home's inmates as elderly.

Wau-bun

Wau-bun

Brown University

Within double line border.

Wau-bun

Wau-bun

Brown University

Within double line border.