Composer: Rutledge, John T. Alternate title: Old churchyard in de lane Darling Minnie Gray. Lyrics: I've wandered from my home and friends I loved so dear (first line of text) Minnie Gray, Minnie Gray sleeping in the dell (first line of chorus) Contributors: Baker, Charlie Barlow, Milt G. Haverly's Minstrels Publisher: F.W. Helmick Publication Date: 1875 Description: De old church-yard in de lane, or Darling Minnie Gray / words and melody by Jno. T. Rutledge ; arr. by Charlie Baker. For voice and chorus (SATB) with piano. Caption title. First line of text: I've wandered from my home and friends I loved so dear. First line of chorus: Minnie Gray, Minnie Gray sleeping in the dell. "Tenderly inscribed to my mother"--Cover. "Originally sung by Milt. G. Barlow of Haverly's Minstrels"--Cover. "An old darkey sitting under an apple tree in a church-yard, with a little white girl kneeling beside him reading the Bible as it lays on his knees, with these lines from the song, 'Well do I remember how she used to read to me, from old master's Bible as it lay upon my knee'"--Caption. Cover ill.: An elderly African American man and young white girl sitting under a tree in a graveyard by a church reading from a book. A small picture of a headstone marked "Minnie Gray". Ads for other song titles on p. [2] and back cover. Pl. no.: 37-3. Format: 1 score (5 p.) : ill. ; 34 cm. Subjects: Songs with piano Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano African Americans--Songs and music Death songs Aged persons African Americans Girls Lithographs Copyright: Permissions/Copyright Statement for Sheet Music Digital ID: dpl-hac-00051.dc OCLC Record ID: 50671483		Click to view images:

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