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first line page 2: The axe that hewed the roof-tree and the sill, Advertisment

first line page 2: The axe that hewed the roof-tree and the sill, Advertisment

Within mourning border. At end of text: P.

To be sung to the tune: The man in the moon. Text of song in four eight-line stanzas with eleven-line chorus beginning: Election will come pretty soon. Suggested place of publication from mentions of the "Mormon party" and Utah; range of publication dates suggested from mention of 1890.

At head of text: Music and lyrics by Harold J. Rome.

At head of text: By Edgar Allen [sic] Poe, with an epilogue verse by Albert Boyden.

Within border of type ornament sections. At head of text: To be sung at the McKinley memorial entertainment at the Academy of Music, December 30, 1903. Translated by Thos. C. Zimmerman, of Reading. Text in English, with title in German. Text of hymn in four nine-line stanzas. Author's name not on item. Hymn sometimes attributed to Luther. The Academy of Music may be the one in Philadelphia.

To be sung to the tune: Common Metre. Printed in two columns within border of type ornament sections. Type-signed at end: Wm. Gross. Fountainville, Pa. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Printed in three columns divided by lines of type ornaments within border of type ornaments. Poem in 32 numbered four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Printed area measures: 28.5 x 17.6 cm. Poetry in 39 numbered stanzas printed like prose in three columns. Poem about the murder of an unwanted girlfriend and retribution; appears to be of European origin. Suggested place of publication and range of publication dates from Internal evidence and information from dealer. This edition not in Ford, Bristol, or Shipton & Mooney.

Poetry. Within ornamental border printed in two columns divided by double lines. To be sung to the tune: Herr Jesus Christ, dich zu uns wend. Colophon at end within border: Gedruckt in der Office des "Herold der Wahrheit." Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Poem in one stanza of five lines and five of six lines, including a two-line refrain beginning: Vergess nicht mein, vergess ja meiner nicht.. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. Hay Broadsds Harris copy: Irregularly trimmed; shelved with dealer's summary of contents of song

Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments. Caption title. Without music. Text of hymn in nine numbered eight-line stanzas.

Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments within border of varied type ornaments. Poem in ten six-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Printed in two columns within border of type ornament sections. To be sung to the tune: Wann mein Stündlein vorhanden ist. Text of hymn in 14 numbered seven-line stanzas to be sung by a father, mother, or child. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Printed in two columns within mourning border. To be sung to the tune: Wann mein Stündlein vorhanden ist. Printed area measures 22.7 x 15.6 cm. Text of hymn in eleven numbered seven-line stanzas divided among a father, mother and dead child. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Printed in two columns divided by line of various type ornaments. text of hymn in seven numbered 13-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Printed in two columns divided by single line within border of type ornaments. To be sung to the tune: Befiel du deine Wege. Text of song in twelve eight-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of text: Wm. Gross. Fountainville, Pa. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and because another poem by Gross is dated in title 1897.

Tune: Ihr Sünder kommt gegangen. Printed in four columns.

Within handcolored ornamental border; printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line. Susanna Cox was executed in 1809. Poem occasionally attributed to Johann Gombert.

Printed in two columns divided by single line within border of type ornament sections. Poem in 32 four-line stanzas. Suggested place and date of publication from dealer. Sometimes attributed to Johann Gombert.

Tune: Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit. Within border of type ornaments printed in three columns divided by single lines. Publication information from dealer.

Tune: Ach bleib bei uns Herr Jesu Christ.

Tune: Ach bleib bei uns Herr Jesu Christ. Within double line border printed in two columns.

Within border of type ornaments printed in three columns.

Tune: Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit. Within ornamental border. At end of text; Obiges Lied wurde gesungen bei der Leiche der erwaehnten lieben Schwester, und auf Begehren ihrer Eltern und Freunde zum Druck befoerdert von L.H.T. First line: In Freude hier an diesem Ort.

Printed in two columns divided by double line within double mourning border. At head of text: Nach der Melodie: Brüder thut euch wohl besinnen. Suggested place of publication from statement that the murderer lived in "Libanon" and suggested date from date of the crime. Not in Checklist Amer. imprints.