I'M OFF FOR CHARLESTON caption title followed

by five verses of lyrics to the song, in African-American dialect

$125 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

Philadelphia : T.M. Scroggy, nd ca. 1855 . Broadside, 8 x 6 inches. Lyrics printed within an ornamental border, ornamental rule beneath the title, the publisher's line separated from the text by a thin rule. Very good. Item #47646 First issued by another publisher in 1853 and reprinted several times into the 1870s. My massa and my missus dey both am gone away / Dey gone to de Sulphur Springs de summer months to stay; /

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