Get out of Mexico! Song and chorus.

Item Details

Chicago, Lyon & Healy, 1866., 1866, Sheet music

First (only) printing, Very good

Sheet music. Large copy with very wide margins, never bound, fold intact, 6 pp., last page used for advertising of Lyon & Healy's music store. Having gobbled up huge chunks of Mexican territory the United States became protective of the Mexico that remained. The song threatens that, with the distraction of the Civil War over, the United States is poised to enforce the Monroe doctrine and expel Maximilian from Mexico. Amusing cover illustration shows a pygmy Maximilian being put in his place by the towering figure of Uncle Sam. Very scarce. [Sold with] Root, F. W. Poor Carlotta. The last words of Maximilian. Sung by Paulina. Music by F. W. Root. Chicago, Root & Cady, 1867. 5 pp. The denouement, eliciting sympathy for Maximilian's widow: Good condition, ink rubber name stamp in upper left corner of title page. F. W. (Frederic Woodman) Root was a prolific composer of the era. Carlotta, Maximilian's wife and the erstwhile Empress of Mexico, left when their situation deteriorated, to lobby for support in France and the Papal States. Her efforts came to nothing, she became insane, was confined in a madhouse and lived well into the twentieth century. 

Note: This item is offered in our Bulletin 9, Mexico, which contains many interesting and rare items related to Mexico and Mexicanidad.  Special lists are viewable on our website.  A pdf of this bulletin will be sent on request.