[Rarebooks] FS: Fire Brigade song sheet

[Bob Petrilla]

Franklin Hose.  Song sheet: FRANKLIN HOSE SONG. Tune--"Rocks of Sicily."
Philadelphia: T.M. Scroggy, [1860s]. First Edition.  Fourteen (14) verses,
in part: "Ye Members of the Franklin Hose, I pray you lend an ear .... It
was on the 25th of December, Upon a Christmas night .... It proved to be a
bon-fire, At Schuylkill Third and Collowhill .... Here's a health to
Benjamin Franklin...To the members of the Franklin Hose...."  Typographic
ornament border.  9.75" x 6". Sealed in archival mylar.  Very Good
condition.
Contains many allusions to old Philadelphia streets, neighborhoods, and
fire brigades. [Wolf, American Song Sheets, 674.]    $100.00

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