Glee Book

This hardcover book contains the lyrics and music to the "Continental Vocalists" songs. Members include Charles W. Huntington of New London, CT, William D. Franklin of Norwich, CT, William R. Frisbie of Branford, CT and J. Wesley Smith of South Glastenbury, CT. Title page: "The Continental Vocalists' Glee Book, Comprising the Songs, Quartetts, Etc. of the Famous Continental Vocalists, and Rendered so Popular by them Throughout the Country by their Unique and Inimitable Performances. Also a biography of each member of the Troupe, written by their business conductor, John A. Sterry, Esq. The whole arranged, harmonized and partly composed by themselves." Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by J.E. Gould, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Inside cover includes a handwritten "Magnolia Song " and a note: "Please Return to W.D. Franklin, South Glastenbury, Conn." "Ah! For Wings; or Primma Donna Song" "By the Sad Sea Waves" "Call Me Pet Names" "Come let us Ramble" "Continentals' Farewell Glee" "Do they miss me at Home?" "E Pluribus Unum" "Good Night" "In this Old Chair" "It is better to Laugh" "Jamie's on the Stormy Sea" "Joe Hardy" "Johnny Sands" "Katy Darling" "Light Sparks" "Lilly Dale" "Lulu is our Darling Pride" "Not for Gold or Precious Stones" "Our Welcome Glee" "Rail Toad Chorus" "Recollections of Home" "Serenade of Don Pasquale" "She Sweetly Sleeps" "Silence! Silence!" "Song of the Olden Time" "The Flag of Our Union" "The Highland Brothers" "The Land of the West" "The Mariner Loves o'er the Waters to Roam" "The Merry Sleigh Ride" "The Mountain Bugle" "The Origin of Yankee Doodle" "The Raven" "The Tempest" "The Wild Old Woods" "There's a Sigh in the Heart" "Three Bells" "'Tis the Last Rose of Summer" "War Song of the Texan Rangers" "We Meet by Chance" "We Miss Thee at Home"