When McGuiness gets the job [leaflet]
Philadelphia: St. Clair Smith, Song Publisher, n.d. 4.5x7.75 inch leaflet, faint fold creases, paper toned, otherwise very good.
Lyrics to a song told from the perspective of an Irish American woman lamenting the influx of Italian laborers. Complains that the drinking habits of her husband and other Irishmen make them uncompetitive compared to Italian immigrant workers. At the head in tiny font is an advertisement from more songs from the same publisher: "By sending Saint Clair Smith, 321 N. Fourth Street, Philadelphia, 15 cents in postage stamps, he will send you by return of mail 'Yours Truly Songster...'"
Cat.No: 351018
Price: $75.00
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Nineteenth century,
Pennsylvania,
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