HOW TO PUT ON AIRS
1864 · [ Np]
by [Minstrel Song]
[ Np], 1864. [4]pp. Folded quarto lettersheet, printed on upper panel only, ruled on others. Very good. A minstrel song, in eight verses with chorus, beginning: "Oh! white folks listen, will you now, this darkey's going to sing -...," and continuing with two verses describing personal vanity, then five verses on various Union victories over the Confederacy, concluding: "Now where's this boasted chivalry, who sport the Stars and Bars? / Why they're learning from our Yankee boys the way to put on airs." The upper portion of the text panel is embellished with a floral border and pictorial vignette, and the whole printed in violet ink. OCLC locates two copies: Yale and NY Historical Society. OCLC: 476542085. (Inventory #: WRCLIT28073)