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.
This collection is part of Brown University Library, hosted by Brown University.

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Hymn

Hymn

Brown University

Composed by Mrs. Nancy J. Smith, a servant of the Lord. Attribution to Nancy J. Smith questionable. Also published under titles: Zion's trumpeter; Christian watchman. Version arranged as 7 stanzas, without quotation marks around dialogue. Printed area: 17.6 x 6.4 cm. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Hymn

Hymn

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments. Text of hymn in five four-line stanzas and four-line chorus beginning: Arise! arise, leave all for glory. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Hymn

Hymn

Brown University

At head of text: Is. lx, 13. 2 Ch. xxiv, 13. 1 Cor. iii, 16. Eze. viii, 12. Ps. xcvi, 9. Text of hymn in five four-line stanzas. Imprint information from ms. notation on Brown University copy.

Hymn

Hymn

Brown University

Within ornamental border.

Hymn

Hymn

Brown University

by Rev. William B. Tappan. To be sung after the farewell sermon of Rev. Austin Phelps to his flock of Pine Street Church, Boston, May 14, 1848 .. Tune: Hamburg. Printed on blue paper; within ornamental border. First line: That thou wast loved, and still hast part.

Hymn

Hymn

Brown University

To be sung to the tune: Auld lang syne. Within border of type ornaments. Text of hymn in six nembered four-line stanzas blessing a pastor's home. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Hymn

Hymn

Brown University

Text of hymn in four seven-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of hymn: Margaret Bradford Morton. At end of text: Sung in First Parish Church, December 22, 1893, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Hymn

Hymn

Brown University

By Timothy Perry. To be sung to the tune: Auld lang syne. Text of song in four four-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: Ho, Appleton Academy! At end of text: Sung at the Appleton Academy Reunion, Sept. 18, 1861.

Hymn

Hymn

Brown University

By Mrs. L. H. Sigourney. Within double-line border. To be sung to the tune: Old Hundred. Text of hymn in five four-line stanzas.

Huzza, for the railroad!: Dedicated to the "Pacific Railroad Club."

Pages [2]-[3] blank. Facsimile of broadside on page [1] Printed on cream paper within border of type ornament sections on page [1] Between title and subtitle cut of 19th-century railroad train. Caption title. To be sung to the tune: Wait for the wagon. Text of song in four four-line stanzas with two-line chorus beginning: Huzza! for the railroad! Huzza! for the railroad! Colophon on page [4]: "First printed in 1856 to promote the Pacific railroad and the candidacy of John C. Frémont ... On its hundredth anniversary, 300 copies have been reprinted at Christmas 1969 for friends of the Yale Collection of Western Americana."

Hush!

Hush!

Brown University

Facsimile of author's signature at foot of text.

Hurrah! We're free forever

Song refers to Yale and to the "noble class" of Fifty-Nine whose college life is now over. Song refers to Yale and to the "noble class" of Fifty-Nine whose college life is now over. Title from first line. To be sung to the tune: Strike home. Text of song in five stanzas.

Hurrah! We're free forever

Song refers to Yale and to the "noble class" of Fifty-Nine whose college life is now over. Song refers to Yale and to the "noble class" of Fifty-Nine whose college life is now over. Title from first line. To be sung to the tune: Strike home. Text of song in five stanzas.

Hurrah! We're free forever

Song refers to Yale and to the "noble class" of Fifty-Nine whose college life is now over. Song refers to Yale and to the "noble class" of Fifty-Nine whose college life is now over. Title from first line. To be sung to the tune: Strike home. Text of song in five stanzas.

Hurrah! Hurrah! America: Hurrah for Uncle Sam

by Julius Carl. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in blue within border of type ornaments. Below title on page [1] vignette of eagle holding flag. Cover title. First lines same as title. Poem in four six-line stanzas with four-line refrain.

Hurrah! Hurrah! America

Hurrah! Hurrah! America

Brown University

Title same as first line. Pages [2,4] blank. Within border of type ornaments printed in black.

Hurrah! Hurrah! America

Hurrah! Hurrah! America

Brown University

Title same as first line. Pages [2,4] blank. Within border of type ornaments printed in black.

Hurrah! Hurrah! America

Hurrah! Hurrah! America

Brown University

Title same as first line. Pages [2,4] blank. Within border of type ornaments printed in black.

Hurrah for Jeff. Davis

Hurrah for Jeff. Davis

Brown University

by a Lady Rebel ; written after the battle of Bull Run. To be sung to the tune: Hurrah for the bonnets o' blue. Text within decorative border. Text of song in three four-line stanzas and four-line chorus beginning: Hurrah for Jeff. Davis, Hurrah!

Hurrah for Alpha Delta

Hurrah for Alpha Delta

Brown University

Air: "Hurrah for old New-England" Within ornamental border. At end of text: C.O.T.