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Title
I long to see the old home once again
Additional title: I long to see just once again the spot where I was born [First line of song]
Names
Brennen, R. H. (Lyricist)
Story, Pauline Brutting (Composer)
Jones, Francis (Singer)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1899

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1899
Place: Cincinnati, O.
Publisher: Philip Kussel
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
Mother and child -- 1800-1899
Homesickness
Childhood and youth
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: Cover includes inset of photograph signed: yours in song Francis Jones.
Content: On title page: "Dedicated to my boyhood friends around the old home at Madison, Ind."
Content: Cover illustration of log cabin with log fence around it
Statement of responsibility: words by R.H. Brennen ; music by Pauline B. Story.
Date: Copyright date: 1899
Physical Description
Extent: 6 p. ; 32 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10826013
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21736880
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21738653
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): af658480-c594-012f-56ae-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1899: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "I long to see the old home once again" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9376f366-e3b9-2d96-e040-e00a1806202e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "I long to see the old home once again" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9376f366-e3b9-2d96-e040-e00a1806202e

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). I long to see the old home once again Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9376f366-e3b9-2d96-e040-e00a1806202e

Wikipedia Citation

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I long to see the old home once again