Returned : empty and so silent now the old cabin stands / words by Paul Laurence Dunbar ; music by Will Marion Cook.
For voice and piano.
Caption title.
First line of text: I heard him murm'ring softly on an old plantation lone.
First line of chorus: Empty and so silent now the old cabin stands.
Cover ill.: Two men in silhouette, photo of Abbie Mitchell.
A Negro ballad as sung by Miss Abbie Mitchell at Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt's Newport Theatre party--Cover.
Music supplement of Hearst's Chicago American, Sunday, September 21, 1902, pages 5-8--cover.
Published by permission of Will Marion Cook, composer and owner of the copyright.
