A life by de galley fire

sung by the Ethiopian Serenaders. For voice, 4-part chorus, and piano. Caption title. Music appears in earlier song (c1838) entitled: A life on the ocean wave / music by Henry Russell. Cover illustration: lithograph of the Ethiopian Serenaders labelled with the names Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon.

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Original record: A life by de galley fire
Collection: Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830s-1920s)
Date(s): 1844 – 1847
1872
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Ethiopian Serenaders (performer)
Russell, Henry, 1812-1900 (composer)
William Hall & Son (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject(s): African American
Ethiopian Serenaders
Germon, Francis
Harrington, George A. > d. 1859
Pell, Gilbert W. (Gilbert Ward)
Sailors
Sea songs
Songs and music
Stanwood, Moody G. > fl. 1847
White, William
Type: notated music

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