The farmer and his son's return from a visit to the camp: together with the Rose tree

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bangs, Edward, 1756-1818, O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [United States] : [publisher not identified], [circa 1786]
Series:Early American imprints no. 42034.
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Description
Item Description:Dated by Damon as no earlier than 1786. The Rose tree, and John O'Keeffe's comedy the Poor soldier for which it was written, was performed for the first time in London in 1783, and in America in December of 1785
Relief cut of soldier at left of title; text in two columns
The Rose tree, attributed to John O'Keeffe in Philbrick, Thomas L. "British authorship of ballads in the Isaiah Thomas collection," Studies in bibliography, papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, volume 9, 1957, pages 255-258; first line: A rose tree in full bearing, had sweet flowers fair to see
The farmer and his son's return from a visit to the camp; first line: Father and I went down to camp
This version of Yankee Doodle is attributed to Edward Bangs by S. Foster Damon
Two songs
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)) : illustrations (relief cut)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series
Access:Restricted for use by site license
Place of Publication:United States