The Music of Henry Tucker

(1826-1882)

1850 | 1851 |1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859

1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869

1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879

Henry Tucker was born in 1826 and died at 55 on 10 February 1882 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. His wife's name was Mary and they had three children: one daughter, the eldest, and two boys. He sang bass in the choir of St. John's Chapel on Varick Street, New York City in 1861. During 1850 to 1882 he wrote approximately 121 songs and one cantata, Joseph in Egypt, in 1870. His most popular songs were Weeping Sad and Lonely, or, When This Cruel War Is Over (1863), Jeff in Petticoats (1865), and Sweet Genevieve (1869).

Special Thanks to Dave Miller, for his Tucker biographical and list of works info.

Title	Words	Source
1850
The Forest Queen [15 Aug]	E. C. Hine, USN	472040@LoC
The Maiden's Tear [21 Sep]	J. R. Meeker, Esq.	471400@LoC
1851
The Kingston Waltz	none	670830@LoC; New York: Firth, Pond & Co.
The Undine Polka [7 May]	none	151430@LoC; New York: Firth, Pond & Co.
1853
Agnes May	Anson G. Chester	740340@LoC; New York: Firth, Pond & Co., Plate No. 2278
Agnes May (Arr. for Guitar) [c1853; Copy. filed 13 Jun 1854]	Anson G. Chester	[M1.A13 T]; New York: Firth, Pond & Co., Plate No. 2478
Clarendon (Hymn, C.M.) [6 Jul]	Tucker	from page 128 of The Shaum: A Library of Church Music by William B. Bradbury and George F. Root
Cleon and I	New York Observer	1881-09994@LoC
Devizes (Hymn (1745), C.M.) [Arr. by Tucker] [6 Jul]	Tucker	from page 114 of The Shaum: A Library of Church Music by William B. Bradbury and George F. Root
Francis Skiddy Polka	none	181/099
The Wind Is a Bachelor	Model American Courier	1881-09995@LoC
1854
Gold Fish Schottisch	n/a	[M1.A13 T]; New York: Firth, Pond & Co., Plate No. 2889
Leave Us Not	Tucker	1883-04085@LoC
Minnie Gray [13 Jan]	Sydney Dyer	561540@LoC
1855
Come Maiden With Me (Serenade of the Corsair)	Tucker	1883-16736@LoC
Give Me But Thy Heart Tho Cold (Ballad & Chorus)	Henry Tucker?	781090@LoC; New York: Firth, Pond & Co.
Jennie is Waiting For Me	George B. Pennock	175/052
Our Village Home (by Augustus Rogers; Arr. Tucker)	anon.	128/145
Star of the Evening (Song and Chorus) (Melody by James M. Sayles; Arr. by Tucker) (also as a Duett from The Dulciana)(aka Beautiful Star)	James M. Sayles	128/078; (Duet) 1883-01938@LoC
The Corsair Schottisch	n/a	1883-12454@LoC
The Grave of Flora	John Farrenberg	1883-12460@LoC
The Peeley Guards Quickstep (featuring Agnes May; arr. C. Rapp)	none	167/044
Whimsical Polka [12 Feb.]	n/a	[M1.A13 T]; New York: Firth, Pond & Co., Plate No. 3090
Willow Spring [c1855]	????	18??
1856
Come Willie Dear I'm Weeping Now (Scotch Ballad)	N. Frank White	1884-02468@LoC
Our Own Robbie Burns [1 Dec]	Alfred B. Street, Esqr.	601010@LoC; New York: Firth, Pond & Co., Plate No. 4046
Softly Blows the Night Breeze (Melody by Augustus Rogers; Arr. by Tucker) [6 Feb]	Augustus Rogers?	600400@LoC; Albany, NY: J. H. Hidley, no plate number
The Agnes May Quickstep [22 Apr.]	n/a	[M1.A13 T]; Albany, NY: J. H. Hidley, no plate number
The Angels Are Here [4 Sep]	Hiram Rich	601340@LoC; Albany, NY: J. H. Ridley, no plate number
The Willow Dell (Polka Redowa) [26 Sep]	n/a	300330@LoC; Albany: J. H. Hidley, no plate number
1857
Alone on the Heather; or, The Stolen Child [7 Nov]	anonymous?	620050@LoC; Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., Plate No. 18111
Columbia Springs Schottisch [arr. by Tucker]	n/a	163/004
1858
Be Good When You Can	Tucker	[ML96 .T884]
Call the Children Early [23 Mar.]	Tucker	[M1.A13 T]; New York: Firth, Pond & Co., Plate No. 4387
Columbia Rules the Sea	Josiah D. Canning	012/050
Memory Bells; or, Darling! How Can I Forget Thee?	Tucker	193/053@Levy (songsheet, 1858); New York: Wm A. Pond & Co., no plate number, 1863
Stand by the Flag	Jonathan N. Wilder, Esq.	016/030
Star of the Morning	F.G. Russell	128/080
The Fireman's Child	Gardiner Coyne	179/038
1859
The Irishman's Shanty (Comic Song with Imitations)	Tucker	050/045@Levy
1860
Do Not Heed Her Warning	Thomas Manahan	130/044
Ever of Thee (Melody by Foley Hall; Arr. by Tucker)	George Linley	130/059
Here and There	Tucker	[ML96 .T884]
Mary's Welcome Home	George Pope Morris	[M1.A13 T]; New York: Firth, Pond & Co., Plate No. 4901
No Thank You Sir, or, Fairy May	C.W. Goodhart	131/056
Serenade Quickstep (introducing Come Maiden With Me)	none	[M1.A13 T]
Sweetest Love, I'll Not Forget Thee (Song) [21 Sep.]	Tucker	[M1.A13 T]; New York: Firth, Pond & Co., Plate No. 4973
1861
America, My Country 'Tis of Thee [Mason (1832), Carey (1744); Tune=God Save the Queen; arr.by Tucker]	Samuel Francis Smith (1831)	LoC
The Rataplan	????	[M1628 .R26 (Case)]
1862
Aggie Asthore (arr. by George T. Evans, 1837-1876)	Benjamin Cotton	sfpl000577@ucb
Call Me Not Back From the Echoless Shore (Reply to Rock Me to Sleep, Mother)	Charles Carroll Sawyer	130/024
Weeping Sad and Lonely or When This Crue War Is Over	Charles Carrol Sawyer	090/138
1863
Bow of Promise	Josiah D. Canning	129/021
Dear Mother I've Come Home to Die	E. Bowers	087/108
Flirtation	Tucker	18??
Hope On -- Hope for Ever! (Brilliant Variations on Henry Tucker's Beautiful Song Weeping Sad and Lonely; or, When This Cruel War Is Over) by Charles Grobe	none	092/029
I Remember the Hour When Sadly We Parted (Answer to "Weeping, Sad and Lonely") (music by B. Frank Walters; arr. for Guitar by Henry Tucker) [2 Sep]	Ednor Rossiter	200002171@LoC/IHAS-CWM
It's All Up in Dixie	Tucker	088/100
My Emma Louise [by Charles Carroll Sawyer; arr. by Tucker]	Charles Carroll Sawyer	053/006
Weeping, Sad and Lonely; or, When This Cruel War is Over	Charles Carroll Sawyer	090/137
1864
Dear Mother, I've Come Home to Die (Melody by Henry Tucker) (With Brilliant Variations for Piano) by Charles Grobe	none	091/072
My Boy! How Can I See You Die? (Reply to Dear Mother I've Come Home to Die) [25 Nov]	Louise Barrow	200002148@LoC/IHAS-CWM
Oh! Let Him Rest (A Tribute to Stephen Foster)	James T. Dudley	068/033
Our Color Guard	Thomas Diehl, Esq.	089/096
1865
I Know My Mother's Hand [16 Jun]	W. Dexter Smith Jr.	200002144@LoC/IHAS-CWM
Jeff in Petticoats	George Cooper	088/103
Lost Star of My Home	J.I. McEvily	b2025@Duke
The Boys That Wear the Blue	Mrs. Mary Ann Kidder	200002141@LoC/IHAS-CWM
Violets Under the Snow	C.H.H. Pannell	131/145
We Never Can Forget It; or, The Memories of Andersonville Prison Pens	Mrs. Mary Ann Kidder	200002150@LoC/IHAS-CWM; 200002110@LoC/IHAS-CWM; [M1640.T]
When Fenians Fight for Freedom	Henry Wood	100009463@HSM/LoC
1866
Come From Afar Thou Birdling of Beauty	Josephine Pollard	[M1621.T]; New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co., Plate No. 6310
Oh! Touch Not the Wine Cup, Dear Brother	Mrs. Mary Ann Kidder	130/097A
Waiting for the Loved One	Josephine Pollard	131/146
We'll Go With Grant Again (The Song of the "Sons of Monroe")	George Cooper	100009462@HSM/LoC; 200002108@LoC/IHAS-CWM
1867
My Own Darling (Sequel to Nora O'Neal [by Will S. Hays]) (Song and Chorus)	George Cooper, 1838-1927	New York, NY: J. L. Peters
NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING A CHOICE COLLECTION OF Popular Songs, Duetts, Trios, Sacred Pieces, &c. DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS, SEMINARIES, CLASSES, AND THE HOME CIRCLE WITH SUITABLE RUDIMENTARY EXCERCISES AND LESSONS BY HENRY TUCKER ----+---- N E W Y O R K Published by WILLIAM A. POND & CO., No. 547 Broadway. [16 September 1867]
Nine O'clock in the Morning	Josephine Pollard	p. 13
The Little Gymnasts	Mrs. Mary Ann Kidder	p. 16
Pretty Cousin Mary	Mrs. Mary Ann Kidder	p. 20
Our Uncle Sam [melody, slightly altered, from Tucker's Jeff in Petticoats, 1865)	Mrs. Mary Ann Kidder	p. 54
Away With Gloomy Thoughts To-Day	Tucker	p. 57-59
Come From Afar Thou Birdling of Beauty [see Tucker's 1866 song version]	Josephine Pollard	p. 62
Stand By the Flag (National Anthem) [see Tucker's original 1858 version]	Johnathan N. Wilder, Esq.	p. 130
Comrades Touch the Elbow (Song of the [3rd Company] 7th Regiment N.Y.S.M. [New York State Militia?] [National Guard]) (Music--anon., 1862; Arranged for this work)	anonymous, 1862	p. 132
Angel Voices (Easter Carol)	W. C. Baker	p. 144
Happy Hours (Closing Hymn)	Mrs. C. M. Pray	pp. 146-147
Christmas Chimes (A Carol)	Mrs. Francis "Fanny" Jane (Crosby) Van Alstyne, 1820-1915	p. 164-166
Beautiful May	Fanny Crosby [Mrs. Francis Jane (Crosby) Van Alstyne, 1820-1915]	p. 167
Jubilate Deo	Josephine Pollard	p. 206
The Children's Te Deum	Josephine Pollard	p. 208
The Haven for the Weary Soul	W. Bennett	p. 216
Pull the Bobbin, the Latch Will Fly Up	Josephine Pollard	100009460@HSM/LoC
That Sweet Face Has a Smile for Me [c1867, 21 March 1868]	W. C. Baker	[M1621.T]; Milwaukee: H. N. Hempstead, Plate No. 368#4
The Ferry of the Hudson	Josephine Pollard	[M1621.T]; New York: W. Jennings Demorest
The Fire and Cloud (Hymn)	Josephine Pollard	Apples of Gold: Pictures of Silver, No. 58, (New York: Mason Brothers); The Silver Spray by W. H. Doane: p. 93 (Cincinnati: John Church & Co.)
1868
'Tis Evening Brings My Heart to Thee	Francis Jane Crosby, 1820-1915	131/138
Darling Bessie of the Lea	Tucker	????
General Grant's The Man	George Cooper, 1838-1927	006/035
Old John Bourbon (Song and Chorus) [29 July] (for the August issue of S. F. Hathaway's Brooklyn Journal)	George Cooper, 1838-1927	[M1622.T]
Write to Me Over the Water [1 Dec.] (Song and Chorus)	anon.	[M1621.T]; Milwaukee: H. N. Hempsted, Plate No. 381#4
1869
Joy-Bells (Hymn) (reprinted in 1875, No. 59 in Brightest and Best by Lowry and Doane)	Josephine Pollard, 1834-1892	(New York & Chicago: Biglow and Main); [M2196 .T]
One at Home Who Thinks of Me	Henry M. Hunt	London: Hopwood & Crew, Plate No. 965
Sweet Genevieve [26 May]	George Cooper, 1838-1927	????
The Fairest Lily There (Ballad)	Josephine Pollard	100009455@HSM/LoC
1870
Come Again Sweet Love	George Cooper, 1838-1927	132/079
Darling Bessie of the Lea [arr. Napoleon W. Gould]	Tucker	LoC
Joseph in Egypt (cantata) [c1870]	George Cooper, 1838-1927	[M2023.T9 J5]
Let's Go and Take a Stew	Tucker	LoC
Meet Me Nannie! Blued-eyed Nannie!	William W. Long	LoC
No Love So Sweet As Thine (Song and Chorus)	Tucker	100009458@HSM/LoC
On the Soft Wings of Love [circa 1870]	W. M. Cook	London: Hopwood & Crew, Plate No. 2150
Stay Home With Me To-night, Tom	George Steyne	099/033
Sunshine on the Sea (Ballad)	Tucker	LoC
The Grayhill Plaid (A Scotch Song)	James Ballantine	LoC
1871
Ah! Do Not Forget	Tucker	LoC
All in the Mist of the Morning	George Cooper, 1838-1927	132/006A
Alone By the Sea-Side	William Marion Cook	04383@LoC
Come, Darling, Rest Your Little Head	Samuel N. Mitchell, 1847-1905	04374@LoC
I'll Never Go Back On the Boys	John M. Rickard	LoC
I Am Not Angry With You, Dearest (Song and Chorus) (Answer to Don't Be Angry With Me Darling)	George Cooper, 1838-1927	100009457@HSM/LoC
My Mother's Wedding Ring	Samuel N. Mitchell, 1847-1905	07784@LoC
Only Hope	Tucker	LoC
The Heathen Chinee Musical Album (15 songs)	????	[M1977.H7 T]
The Land Beyond the Sea	Catherine A.V.B. Adams	LoC
The Little Old Woman	George Cooper, 1838-1927	105/96
Thy Gentle Eyes	Miss Emily Pitt	LoC
Under the Beautiful Blossoms	Arthur W. French	LoC
1872
Beautiful Dreams Linger Near Me (Song and Chorus)	Arthur W. French	100009454@HSM/LoC
I Have Missed You Mollie Darling	Arthur W. French	133/026
1873
The Silver Slipper	Samuel N. Mitchell, 1847-1905	186/049A
1874
Don't Forget the Old Folks	Tucker	132/101
1875
He Is Not Here! (Ballad)	C.O. Clayton	LoC
1876
Close Her Eyes Tenderly	Tucker	LoC
The Flowers Will Bloom in May! (Ballad)	Arthur W. French	LoC
The Old House Far Away	Edward Fitzgerald	LoC
Pity Our Tears, or, Song of the City Orphans	Tucker	LoC
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep [Knight, 1840; arr.by Tucker]	Emma Hart Willard	LoC
The Mill-wheel Is Frozen in the Stream [transcribed from an Old English song by Tucker]	Tucker	LoC
Why Linger at the Stile? (Ballad)	Tucker	LoC
1877
Beside the Sweet Shannon (in response to Eileen Allanna)	Tucker	LoC
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear [by H. G. Tucker (Henry Tucker?)]	Edmond H. Sears, 1810-1876	LoC
When Starry Eyes Look on the Sea	Tucker	LoC
Why Fall These Tears?	William W. Skaats	LoC
1878
Alas! My Love's Away	Francis S. Smith	LoC
Come To Me, or, The Blind Exile to His Wife	Joseph Brennan	LoC
Heartsease	Tucker	LoC
Morning, or, The Cows Are in the Corn	Tucker	LoC
The Fishing Boats, or, Golden Haired Alice	Tucker	LoC
The Song of "Maud," The Beautiful Seamstress	New York Weekly	LoC
We Return No More!, or, Highland Song of Emigration	Tucker	LoC
1879
Bright Be Our Parting (arr. from Boildieu)	Tucker	LoC
Down in Sweet Wyoming Vale (from Clover Blossoms)	Arthur T. Lee	LoC
Mabel, or, Hanging on the Gate	Tucker	LoC
On the Wild, Wide Mississippi (from Clover Blossoms)	Arthur T. Lee	LoC
Softly and Low	Tucker	LoC
There Are No Stars Burning (from Clover Blossoms)	Arthur T. Lee	LoC
To and Fro (Hymn, No. 413)	anonymous	London: Wesleyan-Methodist Sunday School Union
1880
The Lass That Lives Next Door	Jennie Nettles	137/060A
They Say I Am Nobody's Darling	Tucker	139/006A1
1881
Adah Moline [18 Apr.]	Tucker	05341@LoC; [7 Mar.]1883-03806@LoC
God Reigns! Our Country's Safe [30 Sep.]	Tucker	14691@LoC
Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Sacred Music)	Charles Wesley, 1707-1788	18264@LoC
Soft Brown Eyes [3 Apr.]	Tucker	05935@LoC
Sweet Wind of Eve (A Romance)	from the French, by L.A.C. [Lydia Avery Coonley?]	19642@LoC
1882
Nearer, My God, to Thee (Sacred Music) (SOLO with Chorus ad lib.) [6 Apr]	[Mrs.] Sarah Adams [Flowers], 1859	05615@LoC
Saucy Sue (Serio Comic Song) [11 Jan]	Tucker	00428@LoC
Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us (Sacred Music)	Dorothy Ann Thrupp, 1779-1847	05616@LoC
The Children of the Poor (from Stoddart's Musical Library) [20 Mar.]	Francis S. Smith	1881-15734@LoC
The Old Folks and the Old Home So Dear [His Last Composition]	Francis J. Cutting	05615@LoC
The Sweet Long Ago (Ballad) (Companion to the Sweet By and By [by J. P. Webster, 1868]) [11 Jan.]	Tucker	00429@LoC
The Waiting Mother [20 May]	David Grahan Adee	08218@LoC
1883
No Night in Heaven (from Buds and Flowers) [20 Nov.]	Tucker	20902@LoC
No Vow to Bind (from Buds and Flowers) [20 Nov.]	George Cooper, 1838-1927	20903@LoC
Young Jennie (from Sentimental Songs) [by G. B. Allen; arr. by Tucker]	G. B. Allen	176/159

The Music of Henry Tucker

(1826-1882)

NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING

A CHOICE COLLECTION OF

Popular Songs, Duetts, Trios, Sacred Pieces, &c.

DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF

SCHOOLS, SEMINARIES, CLASSES,

AND THE HOME CIRCLE

WITH SUITABLE RUDIMENTARY EXCERCISES AND LESSONS

BY HENRY TUCKER

----+----

N E W Y O R K

Published by WILLIAM A. POND & CO., No. 547 Broadway. [16 September 1867]

Webpage contents and all MIDI files areCopyright © 1998-2011 by Benjamin Robert Tubb.All Rights Reserved. Created in September 1998. Last updated 17 August 2012.

Published by WILLIAM A. POND & CO., No. 547 Broadway.
[16 September 1867]

Webpage contents and all MIDI files are
Copyright © 1998-2011 by Benjamin Robert Tubb.
All Rights Reserved.
Created in September 1998.
Last updated 17 August 2012.