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The Mulligan guard

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Item data

Title

The Mulligan guard

Collection

American popular songs
Sheet music, 1873

Names

Braham, David, 1838-1905 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1873
Place: New York
Publisher: Wm. A. Pond

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: Music (Sheet) 00-323

Subjects

Songs

Genres

Scores

Notes

Content: Extra verses printed after chorus on p. 5.
Content: First line of chorus: We shoulder'd guns, and march'd and march'd away.
Content: First line of text: We crave your condesention.
Content: For voice and piano.
Content: Includes music for side drum, bass drum, drum & fife and text of military orders to be interjected in the song.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: To Mr. Josh Hart [and] "Composed, arranged & performed with tremendous by Harrigan & Hart"--Cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement Of Responsibility: composed & arranged by David Braham.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (3 p.) : ill. ; 36 cm.
Edges worn.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG00-C62
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14693503
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 400af5d0-c642-012f-0558-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The Mulligan guard" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1873. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/400af5d0-c642-012f-0558-58d385a7bc34

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1873). The Mulligan guard Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/400af5d0-c642-012f-0558-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The Mulligan guard" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/400af5d0-c642-012f-0558-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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