Exceptionally scarce songster by De Witt of New York. Beautifully lithographed cover, excellent bawdy and then "edgy" content, plus adverts for two black-centric works on minstrels, etc.,
Contains Molly My Darling Come Over the Sea; Skidmore Guard [on "Colored Troops" during the Civil War]; De Waiter Gal [written with German accented spelling]; The American Banner; Dat Pooty Deitcher Gal; The Days when the Old N***er was Young; King Calico [on Hawaii, Honalue, i.e. Honolulu]; a rare illustrated advert for Sketches of Minstrel Life, etc.
"There's Millions in It" Songster. An Entirely New and Fresh Selection of the Best Songs and Ballads of the Day, Including the Two Great Original Songs by Thomas and Cooper, Entitled, "There's Millions in It." To which are added, The Following New Favorites Set to Music Expressly for this Work: Golden Days by Arthur Seymour Sullivan [Sir Arthur Sullivan]; Merit Commands Success by C. E. Howells; I Care not How Fortune May Vary by J. F. Calcott; and Don't be Sorrowful Darling by J. L. Molloy. New York. Robert M. De Witt, Publisher. 1875. 64pp + wraps.
A very good copy, bound in wraps, generally solid, with some toning.
