James A. Bland's Great Ethiopian Songs

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Lithographed sheet music for the minstrel song "In the Evening by the Moonlight" composed by James A. Bland. The folio is comprised of two (2) sheets of off-white paper printed in black ink, one (1) large sheet folded once to make two (2) leaves, and one (1) center sheet with no fold, resulting in a total of five (5) printed pages and one blank page. The first page features a line-drawing portrait of Bland at the center of the top banner, with text that reads: [JAMES A [portrait] BLAND's / AUTHOR OF "IN THE MORNING BY THE BRIGHT LIGHT." / THE BEST ETHIOPIAN SONG WRITER IN THE WORLD / AUTHOR OF "OH'DEM GOLDEN SLIPPERS" "SONGS OF HAM." / GREAT ETHIOPIAN SONGS/ KEEP DEM GOLDEN GATES WIDE OPEN, DE ANGELS AM A COMING. / TAKE GOOD CARE OF MOTHER / _IN THE EVENING BY THE MOONLIGHT.

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