Raynors HCA 2019-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/30/2019
Sheet music “THE MULLIGAN GUARD” New York, 1873, hand-colored lithograph cover, with two soldiers and a Negro looking on, 6pp. folio, fine condition.. The lyrics and music to The Mulligan Guard were written in 1873 by Ned Harrigan (1845-1911) and David Braham (1838-1905). Harrigan was part of a musical and vaudeville team with Tony Hart (1855-1891). Their revues were the beginnings of the modern American Musical. The song was a satire on the pseudo-military organizations that sprang up after the Civil War. They dressed in ornate uniforms and participated in parades. The Mulligan cadre paraded throughout the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
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