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<mods:title>We are coming sister Mary:</mods:title>
<mods:subTitle>(founded on the superstition of a portion of the colored race, that the approach of death is forewarned in "dream song"</mods:subTitle>
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<mods:title>We are coming sister Mary; arr.</mods:title>
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<mods:title>On a stormy night in winter</mods:title>
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<mods:title>We are coming sister Mary</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay)</mods:namePart>
<mods:namePart type="date">1832-1884</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Christy, Edwin Pearce</mods:namePart>
<mods:namePart type="date">1815-1862</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm type="text">arranger</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Christy Minstrels</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Firth, Pond & Co.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:publisher>Firth, Pond & Co.</mods:publisher>
<mods:dateIssued>1853</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:extent>8 p.</mods:extent>
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<mods:note type="statement of responsibility">written by Henry C. Work; arranged and adapted by E.P. Christy</mods:note>
<mods:note>For voice, piano, and chorus (TTB, melody)</mods:note>
<mods:note>Cover title</mods:note>
<mods:note>Sung by: Christy's Minstrels</mods:note>
<mods:note>Cover illustration: engraving of head of young Afro-American woman.</mods:note>
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<mods:topic>African American women</mods:topic>
<mods:topic>Songs and music</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Death songs</mods:topic>
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<mods:title>African American Sheet Music: A Brown University Digital Collection</mods:title>
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<mods:identifier type="music plate">Firth, Pond & Co. (New York, N.Y.) 2508</mods:identifier>
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