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'''NEWS BOYS.''' American, Hornpipe. F Major (Cole, Kerr, Ryan): G Major (Miller). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. | '''NEWS BOYS.''' American, Hornpipe. F Major (Cole, Kerr, Ryan): G Major (Miller). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The Wikipedia article on News Boys [] states: | ||
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''Newspaper boys, also called 'newsboys' or 'newsies', were the main distributors of newspapers to the general public from'' | |||
''the mid-19th to the early 20th century in the United States. They were not employees of the newspapers but rather purchased the'' ''papers from the publishers and sold them as independent agents. Not allowed to return unsold papers, the newsboys typically'' ''earned around 30 cents a day and often worked until very late at night.[3] Cries of "Extra, extra!" were often heard into the'' ''morning hours as newsboys attempted to hawk every last paper.''<br> | |||
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''Newsboys were not often well received. In 1875 a popular writer of the period wrote, "There are 10,000 children living on the'' ''streets of New York....The newsboys constitute an important division of this army of homeless children. You see them'' ''everywhere.... They rend the air and deafen you with their shrill cries. They surround you on the sidewalk and almost force you'' ''to buy their papers. They are ragged and dirty. Some have no coats, no shoes, and no hat." However, the common ill-treatment of'' ''the newsboys was not a major concern of society.'' | |||
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The news boys attempted to strike for better conditions several times, including in 1884, the year after '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' was published. | |||
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NEWS BOYS. American, Hornpipe. F Major (Cole, Kerr, Ryan): G Major (Miller). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The Wikipedia article on News Boys [] states:
Newspaper boys, also called 'newsboys' or 'newsies', were the main distributors of newspapers to the general public from the mid-19th to the early 20th century in the United States. They were not employees of the newspapers but rather purchased the papers from the publishers and sold them as independent agents. Not allowed to return unsold papers, the newsboys typically earned around 30 cents a day and often worked until very late at night.[3] Cries of "Extra, extra!" were often heard into the morning hours as newsboys attempted to hawk every last paper.
Newsboys were not often well received. In 1875 a popular writer of the period wrote, "There are 10,000 children living on the streets of New York....The newsboys constitute an important division of this army of homeless children. You see them everywhere.... They rend the air and deafen you with their shrill cries. They surround you on the sidewalk and almost force you to buy their papers. They are ragged and dirty. Some have no coats, no shoes, and no hat." However, the common ill-treatment of the newsboys was not a major concern of society.
The news boys attempted to strike for better conditions several times, including in 1884, the year after Ryan's Mammoth Collection was published.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 104. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2); No. 397, p. 44. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 302, p. 179. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 141.
Recorded sources: