For voice and piano, with optional choral parts beneath the melody on the chorus.\ Music occupies p. [1]-2; p. [3] bears an advertisement. Cover title. "The only correct edition."--Cover. "Robbins & Co., Music Printers, 417 Clay Street." Page [3] advertisement: M. Gray, as sole California agent for Steinway & Sons. This ad includes testimonials signed by well-known musicians, including Gustave A. Scott, Geo. T. Evans, James R. Laurie (i.e., Lawrie; Prof. of Music, Santa Clara College and Convent of Notre Dame, San Jose), and M.A. Sarles (Collegiate Institute, Benicia). First line of text and of chorus: They sailed away in a gallant bark. Love song of a young couple sailing from Ireland; later the ship sinks. Record created as part of the California Sheet Music Project. [The song has also been called "The wreck of the emigrant ship" and "They sail'd away." This arrangement by Evans did not credit the composer of the music, George Barker, or the writer of the lyrics, Mrs. Crawford. Different sources listed Mrs. Crawford's name as "Louisa McCartney Crawford" or as "Annie Barry Crawford." The discrepancy in her names was not resolved. Sam Wells was a minstrel singer in San Francisco during the 1860s. Matthias Gray was a music publisher in late nineteenth century San Francisco.]. Bound: No Variant: No Illustrated cover: No Advertisements: Yes
Provenance
Society of California Pioneers.
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