February 23rd, 2012
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2012
Songsheet, 6-1/2” x10,” 1pp., “Oil on the Brain,” New York, H. De Marsan, nd, c1865. In part, “Stock's par, stocks up, Then on the wane, Everybody's troubled with ‘Oil on the Brain,’ ... Miss Simple drives her coach and four, And dresses in high style; And Mister Shoddy courts her strong, Because her ‘Dad's struck ile,’ Her jewels, velvets, laces, silks, Of which she is so vain, Were bought by "Dad" the time he had "Oil on the Brain." ...”
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