For enthusiasts of early banjo
Let Me Kiss Him For His Mother
This simple melodic arrangement comes from Buckley's Banjo Guide of 1868. It was written in 1859. As the story goes, a young man, a transplant from New England, dies in New Orleans as a result of the yellow fever epidemic. Few people are there to attend his burial, and before they closed the casket, a young woman came forth with the phrase that became the subject of this song....
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Comment by razyn on September 22, 2010 at 9:59pm
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I think I have a broadside or song sheet of this one. Will try to excavate it.
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Back in September I couldn't find my copy -- because I thought it was a broadside, and that's where I looked. Today I ran across it -- what I actually have is the 1859 sheet music. But, as it turns out, Buckley transcribed (and thus Tim plays) a completely different tune. Same story, and probably the same lyric (only the woman who kisses him is "aged"). The poem, a Gen-You-Wine weeper, is by Thomas MacKellar. If anyone cares, I can photograph and post it. Or maybe it's in the Levy collection, or the LC American Memory -- whatever. The title as printed is "For the Mother's Sake, or, Let me kiss him for his mother." Music arr. by H. Goldsmith, pub. by J. Marsh in Philadelphia, copyright 1859.
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