RARE
Original
(NOT Reproduction)
Memorial Song Sheet
published following the assassination of
President Abraham Lincoln
In Memory Of
Abraham Lincoln
Sixteenth President of the United States
A NATION MOURNS
HER MARTYR'D SON
"An Honest Man's the Noblest Work of God"
Words by Alice Hawthorne Music by Sep. Winner
Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1865 by Sep. Winner, in the Clerk's Office of the
District Court of the Eastern District of Pa.
.A Nation Mourns her martyr'd Son,
From many hearts there comes a sigh,
For him whose days on earth are done.
Whose name and deeds can never die,
Oh weep for him whose patient heart
Gave pardon to a fallen foe:
Who acted well a manly part,
Tow'rds those who planned the fatal blow
(etc etc etc )
Sep Winners Music Store
No. 933 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia Pa
A.W. Auner, Song Publisher, N.E. Cor Eleventh and Market, Philada, Pa.
Size: 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches
Condition: Good
(Some general wewar, old stain at bottom, please see scan. The sheet was also at some point pasted into an album, and
still has paper attached to top and bottom of the back - which I'm sure could be easily removed.)
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Online research:
"Septimus Winner (11 May 1827 - 22 November 1902) is best known as a songwriter during the 19th century. He used his own name, and also the pseudonyms Alice Hawthorne, Percy Guyer, Mark Mason, Apsley Street, and Paul Stenton. He was also a teacher, performer, and music publisher.
Septimus Winner was born in Philadelphia, PA on 11 May 1827, and died of a heart attack at the age of 75 there on 22 November 1902. His parents were Joseph Eastburn Winner (1802-1878) and Mary Ann Hawthorne. They had seven children: Septimus, Julia, Margaret Ann, Sarah Jane, Joseph Eastburn, Anna Ross, and Sivori. His father's brother's name was William E. Winner. On November 25, 1847, Septimus married Hannah Jane Guyer. They had two children: Margeret F[rancis?]. Winner, and James Gibson Winner (born 15 Feb 1852). He published lyrics and music, besides using his own name, under the pseudonymns of Alice Hawthorne, Percy Guyer, Mark Mason, Apsley Street, and Paul Stenton. Septimus also had a book of poetry edited and published by William C. Claghorn in 1903, posthumously, called Cogitations of a Crank at Three Score Years and Ten.
His most popular songs were How Sweet Are the Roses (1850) [but not published until 1853], I Set My Heart Upon a Flower (1854), What Is Home Without a Mother (1854), Listen to the Mocking Bird (1855), Abraham's Daughter; or, Raw Recruits (1861), Der Deitcher's Dog (1864), Ellie Rhee; or, Carry Me Back to Tennessee (1865), What Care I? (1866), Whispering Hope (1868), Ten Little Indians (1868), Come Where the Woodbine Twineth (1870), and Love One Gone Is Lost Forever (1870). His was especially popular for his ballads published under the pseudonym of Alice Hawthorne. He had a brother who was also a composer, named (after his father) Joseph Eastburn Winner (1837-1918) who published under the alias Eastburn.
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