A lovely songster by De Witt aimed at the ladies, full of songs of loves left back in Ireland, of lovers gone West, Patriotic Songs, etc., Also includes an advert for Black Jokes for Blue Devils; The Black Art - Or Magic Made Easy; etc.
Very scarce.
Jennie Engel's Little Jack Sheppard Songster. Containing all those Charming, Popular, and Attractive Serio-Comic, Comic, Sensational, and pathetic Songs and Ballads which have made Jennie Engle's name "household words" with all lovers of the best style of Serio-Comi Vocalism. To which are Added the Following Songs, Set to Music Expressly for this Work. Cackle, Cackle, Cackle by Sam Bagnall; I Knew that I was Dreaming by A. J. Birtchell; It's Nice to be a Father by G. W. Hunt; Up a Tree by Harry Clifton; Dear Irish Boy by Jennie Engel; There's Bound to be a Row by Jennie Engel; and If Each About his Own Door Sweep by R. Tissington. New York. Robert M. De Witt. 1873. 64pp + wraps.
A good + copy, bound in wraps, generally solid, with toning throughout. Two leaves are stuck together at the bottom, and separated with a minor loss.
