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John Hill Hewitt

(Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890)

John Hill Hewitt (July 11, 1801, New York City — October 7, 1890, Baltimore) was an American composer, playwright, and poet. He is best known for his songs about the American South, including "A Minstrel's Return from the War", "The Soldier's Farewell", "The Stonewall Quickstep", and "Somebody's Darling". His output during the American Civil War earned him the epithets "Bard of the Stars and Bars" and "Bard of the Confederacy". (From Wikipedia)

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Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: War: A Poem, With Copious Notes, Founded on the Revolution of 1861-62, (up to the Battles before Richmond, Inclusive) (Richmond: West and Johnson, 1862) (HTML and TEI at UNC)

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Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The alpine horn : a tyrollean (Firth, Pond & Co., 1843) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Annie Maryè : song (George Willig, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Away then to the mountains (W. C. Peters, 1841) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Away to the prairie, away? (Miller & Beacham, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The betrothed : ballad (Geo. W. Hewitt & Co., 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Columbia thou land great and glorious : national song from Illustrations of the Mexican war (F. D. Benteen, 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Come sweet angels : lullaby (New York : J.L. Peters, [1868], 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Come take the gentle harp of sorrow : arranged for the guitar (F. D. Benteen, 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Dreaming of thee (Philadelphia : G. André & Co., [not before 1863], 1863) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The dying girl (Henry McCaffrey, 1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The Fairmount quadrilles. (John F. Nunns, 1838) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Far o'er the deep blue sea : a serenade (Geo. Willig Jr., 1838) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Few day's : sung by Harry Lehr of Kunkel's Nightingale opera troupe (Henry McCaffrey, 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Girls beware : a ballad (Geo. Willig Jr., 1832) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: A health to thee, thou lovely one : sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Dempster at his public soirees (George Willig Jr., 1836) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: I'm only sixteen : sung by Miss Miriam G. Goodenow of the Alleghanians (Firth, Pond & Co., 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: It wont bear mentioning : song (Firth Pond & Co., 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: It wont bear mentioning : song (Firth, Son & Co., 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The knight from Palestine : a romantic ballad (G. Willig Jr., 1830) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The knight of the raven black plume (New York : J.L. Hewitt, [between 1863 and 1877], 1863), also by J. B. Coupa (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: A light in the window for me (Philadelphia : Lee & Walker, [1861], 1861) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The little drummer : as sung by Mr. Howard (Geo. Willig Jr., 1839) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The maid of Monterey (F. D. Benteen, 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Mary, oft I'll think of thee : song (Oliver Ditson & Co., 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The minstrels retrun from the war (Wm. Hall & Son, 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Minstrel's return from the war : sung by Mr. Plumer. (Firth & Hall, 1834) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The minstrel's return'd from the war : as sung by Mr. C.W. Taylor (E.S. Mesier, 1827) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The minstrel's return'd from the war : as sung by Mr. C.W. Taylor (George Willig, 1820) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The minstrel's returned from the war : as sung by Mr. C.W. Taylor (James L. Hewitt & Co., 1826) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Miscellaneous poems (Published by N. Hickman ; William Wooddy, printer, 1838) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The mountain bugle : for one or two voices (Geo. Willig Jr., 1833) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The mountain bugle : for one or two voices : revised & improved by the author (Geo. Willig Jr., 1839) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The mournful good night (James L. Hewitt & Co., 1843) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: My beautiful Pierre : ballad (Hewitt & Jaques, 1837) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: My heart's with thee : a ballad (Geo. Willig Junr, 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: My mountain Kate : as sung by Kunkel's opera troupe (S. T. Gordon, 1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: My own northern home (Henry McCaffrey, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Nay, love me not : adapted to original words and arranged for the piano forte (Geo. Willig Jr., 1834) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: None remember me : ballad (J.L. Peters, 1869) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The Odd fellows grand promenade march (Published and sold by Geo. Willig Jr., 1838) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: O'er the deep sea : song of the Zephyr from the Fairy Bridal (Oliver Ditson, 1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Oh mount thy bright and gallant steed (Geo. Willig Jr., 1831) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: OK gallopade (G. Willig Jr., 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Our fireside at home : for one or two voices (Miller & Beacham, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Our home's on the dancing wave (Miller & Beacham, 1857) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Parting song (Louisville : D.P. Faulds, [1868], 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Remember me (Published by Henry M'Caffrey, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Rest, soldier, rest while we strew o'er thy bed ([Virginia?] : [publisher not identified], [1870?], 1870), also by Va.) Dunbar Female Institute (Winchester (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Shadows on the wall; or, Glimpses of the past. (AMS Press, 1971) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Shadows on the wall; or, Glimpses of the past. A retrospect of the past fifty years. Sketches of noted persons met with by the author. Anecdotes of various authors, musicians, journalists, actors, artisans, merchants, lawyers, military men, &c., &c., met with in Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, and other southern cities. Also the historical poem of De Soto, or The conquest of Florida, and minor poems. (Turnbull brothers, 1877) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Shadows on the wall; or, Glimpses of the past ... Also the historical poem of De Soto; or, The conquest of Florida, and minor poems. (AMS Press, 1971) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Sleeping I dreamed love (Firth Hall & Pond, 1844) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Sleeping I dreamed love (New York : William Hall & Son, [1844], 1844), also by William Vincent Wallace, Mary E. Hewitt, and Va.) J.W. Randolph (Richmond (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Sleeping I dreamed love (William Hall & Son, 1844), also by William Vincent Wallace and Mary E. Hewitt (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Sleeping I dreamed love (New York (239 Broadway, New York) : William Hall & Son, ©1844., 1844), also by William Vincent Wallace and Mary E. Hewitt (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The soldier's farewell : a ballad (George Willig Jr., 1831) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: A soldier's the lad I adore : written for ... Miss Rock, and sung by her with universal applause, adapted to the original French air of Le petit tambour (George Willig, 1828) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Tis home where 'er the heart is (Oliver Ditson & Co., 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Tis home where'er the heart is (F. D. Benteen, 1844) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: War : a poem, with copious notes, founded on the Revolution of 1861-62, (up to the battles before Richmond, inclusive) (West & Johnston, 1862) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Where art thou! (Miller & Beacham, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Why comes he not? : being no. 2 of Songs of the soiree (George Willig Junr, 1836) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Why do we mourn to see the sun go down ([Baltimore] : Hanzsche & Co. Print, [1887?], 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Will you love me, Jennie dear : sung with great applause by Mr. N. Collins (S. T. Gordon, 1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: Wilt thou think of me? : ballad (W.C. Peters, 1836) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890: The young volunteers : sung by the Norfolk Philharmonic association (Frederick D. Benteen, 1847) (page images at HathiTrust)

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