Notated Music Long live the land of the free


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Title
Long live the land of the free
Contributor Names
Rumshinsky, Joseph -- 1881-1956 (composer)
Small, Solomon -- 1868-1943 (lyricist)
Created / Published
Hebrew Publishing Company, New York, New York, 1911.
Subject Headings
-  Songs, Yiddish -- United States
-  Jews -- United States -- Music
-  Popular music -- United States
-  Traditional and Ethnic Songs and Music
-  Songs and Music
-  Popular Songs of the Day
-  Immigration and Migration
Notes
-  "Be blessed, you free land.""Uncle Sam, sweet heaven of freedom of us the opressed. Fly the American banner high for the land of opportunity and justice. Long live the land of the free!" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General)
Form
sheet music
Extent
6 p. ; 35 cm.
Repository
Music Division
LC Classification
Music Division, Heskes Collection, Box 5 - 386
Online Format
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Description
sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Be blessed, you free land.""Uncle Sam, sweet heaven of freedom of us the opressed. Fly the American banner high for the land of opportunity and justice. Long live the land of the free!" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). Sheet Music (Form).
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Rumshinsky, Joseph, and Solomon Small. Long Live the Land of the Free. Hebrew Publishing Company, New York, New York, 1911. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200182133/. (Accessed June 23, 2017.)

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Rumshinsky, J. & Small, S. (1911) Long Live the Land of the Free. Hebrew Publishing Company, New York, New York. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200182133/.

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Rumshinsky, Joseph, and Solomon Small. Long Live the Land of the Free. Hebrew Publishing Company, New York, New York, 1911. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200182133/>.