Raynors HCA 2018-03
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/15/2018
A satirical war-date Northern patriotic poem, 1p. 8vo., printed in red ink, entitled: "Happy Land of Cannan." Composed in dialect , the poem, reads, in part: "White folks attention, a song I'll sing to you, 'bout…matters…we are engaging…caze I'm right from the Happy Land of Cannan. Chorus…De day ob de Penticost am coming…but get ober double trouble. Caze I'm right from de happy land of Cannan. At Harper's Ferry…they had an insurrection. Ole Brown thought the niggas would sustain him, but ole Govenor Wise…sent him to de happy land of Cannan…the ladies now a day…the six of the hoops a a gaining…but there's no hoops in the happy land of Cannan…De Zouave Cadets they won all de bets…they stood on their heads, and never slept in beds and dey charged for the happy land of Cannan…there was some Japanese come here to raise a breeze…brought Little Tommy to entertain 'em but he fell in love with a pretty little dove and took her over to the happy land of Cannan…". Slight paper loss at the right and top margin, else VG
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