“Rock Me to Sleep Mother”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1861
name: label: lyricist
content: Percy, Florence
label: composer
content: Hewitt, John H.
label: publisher
content: Selby, Julian A.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Rock Me to Sleep Mother.” The song’s lyrics were written by Florence Percy (the pen name for Elizabeth Akers Allen) and the music was composed by John H. Hewitt. The sheet music was published by Julian A. Selby of Columbia, South Carolina in 1861. The song expresses a desire to give up the sorrows of life and go back to being a child, being rocked to sleep by mother.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: South Carolina, Columbia
topic: label: Subject
content: Christianity
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0365.03
label: accession number
content: 1983.0365
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0365.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 9 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 24.13 cm