(NEW YORK CITY) Rufus D Pitcher lyricist The Firemens Song D

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(NEW YORK CITY.) Rufus D. Pitcher, lyricist. The Firemen's Song, Dedicated to the New York Firemen. 3 pages, 13 1/4 x 10 inches, on 2 detached sheets including illustrated title page; foxing, faint dampstaining on fore-edge, repaired closed puncture in lower margin. New York: The Great American Gift Book House, 1858

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A tribute to New York's Bravest, set to the tune of the Star-Spangled Banner, "as sung at the presentation of the Prize Trumpet at the LaFarge House, February 20, 1858." "Oh! say can you hear amid terror and flight . . . With a melody clear, Now breaks through the crowd with a strong manly cheer: 'Tis the Firemen's trumpet, And long may it wave, When blown by the free, and cheer'd on by the brave." 2 in OCLC, none traced at auction. Filby & Howard, Star-Spangled Books S41