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    • Author/Creator:Casten, J. Cross.
    • Title:The bounty jumper. [electronic resource] : Air--"Joe Bowers." / A pathetic ditty, written for Pony Smith, the favorite Ethiopian comedian by J. Cross Casten.
    • Published/Created:[Boston] : Sold at wholesale by Horace Partridge, 27 Hanover Street--Boston., [between 1861 and 1865]
    • Physical Description:1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 21 x 14 cm.
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    • Notes:Song in eight stanzas; first line: My song is of a fast young man whose name was Billy Wires.
      Textual references suggest an imprint date during the American Civil War.
      Numbered in upper, left-hand corner: 934.
      Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 18.7 x 10.8 cm.
      Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2005. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 10911).
    • Access and use:Access restricted by licensing agreement.
    • Variant and related titles:Joe Bowers (Tune)
    • Format:Book
    • Series:American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 10911.
      Broadside ballads (Horace Partridge) ; 934.
    • Subjects:United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music.
    • Genre/Form:Broadsides.
      Songs.
    • Also listed under:United States--Massachusetts--Boston.