Songs of the People article of a tonic sol-fa notation and words to song titled, ‘No. 746 – Gaol Song’. ‘Composed by Kid Thomas, while serving a five-…

Songs of the People article of a tonic sol-fa notation and words to song titled, ‘No. 746 – Gaol Song’. ‘Composed by Kid Thomas, while serving a five-…

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Songs of the People article of a tonic sol-fa notation and words to song titled, 'No. 746 - Gaol Song'. 'Composed by Kid Thomas, while serving a five-years sentence in the Eastern Penitentiary, Philadelphia. He was granted a reprieve on account of the song, or, as my informant put it, "he sung himself out o' gaol".

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