The Columbian songster and Freemason's pocket companion
Subtitle: a collection of the newest and most celebrated sentimental, convivial, humourous, satirical, pastoral, hunting, sea, and masonic songs : being the largest and best collection ever published in America
By: selected by S. Larkin.
Contributors: Larkin, Samuel, 1773-1849.; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by J. Melcher for S. Larkin at the Portsmouth book-store
Published: 1798
Place of publication: Portsmouth, New-Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Freemasons -- Songs and music -- Texts -- Early works to 1800.; Freemasons -- United States -- Poetry.; Songs, English -- United States -- Texts -- Early works to 1800.; Folk songs, English -- United States -- Texts -- Early works to 1800.; Ballads, English -- United States -- Texts -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Texts
Other titles: Freemason's pocket companion.
Notes: LC copy inscribed: P. Sprague, 1809.
Evans 33983
Without music; in part with indications of the tunes.
"The Freemason's pocket companion, a collection of Masonic songs", has special t.p. and separate paging.
Signatures: [A]⁶ B-S⁶ ²A-F⁶.
Includes indices.
LC copy imperfect: p. 69-70, 98, 143-144 torn with some loss of text.