Missing punctuation was added to abbreviations, contractions, ends of
sentences, and list entries at the end of the book. Missing and
unprinted letters were added. Where letters were printed upside down,
they were considered printer’s errors and were corrected (e.g.
Chorns/Chorus, hobe/hope, ofteu/often). The first three entries to the
contents of Union Songbook No. 1 are missing letters in the original.
The last entry to contents of Dime Song Book No. 2 is out of
alphabetical order in the original.
Other changes:
“Jordon” to “Jordan” twice in Table of Contents
“ln” to “in”, Chorus, Darling Rosabel
“sigh,s” to “sighs”, last line, Darling Rosabel
“hear” to “here”, last line, Linda has Departed
“natiye” to “native”, last stanza, My Heart's in Old Ireland
removed question mark, 4th stanza, 3rd line, What Will Mrs. Grundy Say
“nas” to “has”, 5th stanza, 2nd line, What Will Mrs. Grundy Say
“Crurtin” to “Courtin”, 3rd stanza, last line, Rosa Lee
comma to period, end of 3rd stanza, Fine Old Irish Gentleman
period to comma, first line, John Jones
“forttne” to “fortune”, 4th stanza, 3rd line, Vilikins and His Dinah
“tress” to “trees”, penultimate line, The Fireman's Death
“hors” to “horses”, first line, Give ’em String and let ’em Went
“they’e” to “they’re”, last line, 2nd stanza, Give em String
“satan Stare” to “Satan stare”, 2nd line, last stanza, Few Days
“Jordon’s” to “Jordan’s”, last line of Chorus, Jordan is a Hard Road
“darke ymust” to “darkey must”, first line, Darling Jenny Bell
“rpeed” to “speed”, 5th line, 3rd stanza, Man the Life Boat
“cottaeg” to “cottage”, 6th line, 2nd stanza, Bessy was a Sailor's Bride
“ehild” to “child”, first line, 4th stanza, The American Boy
“cat” to “coat”, 3rd line, 4th stanza, My Poor Dog Tray
“neveer” to “never”, first line, 3rd stanza, Happy Hezekiah
“BAEDLE’S” to “BEADLE’S”, advertisement for DIME MILITARY SONG BOOK