Poor Charlie, Or, The Old Slave, Who Ran Away And Was Carried Back To His Master

Sheet music cover image of the song 'Poor Charlie, or, The Old Slave, who ran away and was carried back to his Master', with original authorship notes reading 'By Daisy Dell', United States, 1855. The publisher is listed as 'G.P. Reed and Co., 13 Tremont St.', the form of composition is 'strophic with chorus', the instrumentation is 'piano and voice', the first line reads 'down beside the banks, where bright waters flow, Old Charlie works, with the shovel and the hoe', and the illustration artist is listed as 'F. Gockeritz'. (Photo by Sheridan Libraries/Levy/Gado/Getty Images)