Obsolete words, alternative spelling and dialect were not changed.
Unprinted letters and punctuation were added, as necessary. Quotation
marks were adjusted, where necessary. 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.
Obvious printing errors were corrected, such as duplicate words and
letters, upside down letters, and letters or spacing in the wrong
order. Other changes:
‘breath’ to ‘breathe’ in ‘Thou art gone from my Gaze’
‘snaw’ to ‘snow’ in ‘John Anderson, My Jo, John’
‘voie’ to ‘voice’ last line in ‘The Musical Wife’
‘shahowy’ to ‘shadowy’ in ‘the Grave of Uncle True’
‘BAEDLE’S’ to ‘BEADLE’S’ in the advertisement at the end of the book