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Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Prisoners Hope)
- Creator:
- Root & Cady, George F. Root
- Location:
- Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
- Origin Date:
- Unknown
- Materials:
- paper
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0337
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Sheet Music
Description
This is a piece of sheet music for the song, “Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Prisoners Hope).” The cover features a decoratively illustrated frame with vignettes in the four corners. The vignettes are identified clockwise from the upper left corner as, “Within Sound of the Enemy’s Guns;” “Silent Lute;” “Who’ll Save the Left;” and “Battle Cry of Freedom.” At the top of the frame is a vignette of a large table with people seated around, “The Vacant Chair.” The title is printed in black lettering at the center of the frame. 1 score (5, [1] p.) For voice and piano with chorus (SATB). First line of song: In the prison cell I sit. First line of chorus: Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.