Grace Darling. "Why Wakes My Child at This Wild Hour?
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SKU: LV.18677
Composed by Edward Perry. Fathers & children, Ship equipment & rigging, Marine accidents, Oceans, Storms, Lighthouses, Seamen, Heroes, Prayer. Lester S. Levy Collection. 6 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.18677).Grace Darling. "Why Wakes My Child at This Wild Hour?. Stanzas Commemorative of the Heroic Bravery of Grace Darling & Her Father On the Occasion of the Disastrous Wreck of the Forfarshire Steam Ship on the 7th September 1838. The Music Composed by Edward Perry. Published 1839 by Davis & Horn, 411 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic; with introduction with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Fathers & children, Ship equipment & rigging, Marine accidents, Oceans, Storms, Lighthouses, Seamen, Heroes, Prayer. First line reads ""Why wakes my child at this wild hour? The innocent should sleep most tranquilly when wind and show'r around their dwelling sweep!".".
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