c. 1870 Lyric Sheet for FAITHFUL I’LL BE...

“Faithful I’ll be to the Colleen I adore; Eilleen Allanna...”. c. 1870, San Francisco Lyric Sheet for “Eilleen Allanna,” Published by Bell and Company, San Francisco, CA, Very Fine.. The lyric sheet, 10.5” x 4.25”, is “Published and sold, wholesale and retail, by BELL & COMPANY, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, Booksellers, Stationers and Periodical Agents, No. 639 Kearny Street, - San Francisco.” The lyrics, “Words by E.S. Marble., Music by J. Thomas.”, are printed in black down the center of the page with a decorative border surrounding. The chorus, though only once printed in its entirety, is repeated twice as follows: “Faithful I’ll be to the Colleen I adore;/ Eilleen Allanna, Augus Asthore./ Faithful I’ll be to the Colleen I adore;/ Eilleen Allanna, Augus Asthore.” Minor dampstaining and creasing; else very fine..