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''[[Good News from Home]]'' is a sentimental narrative song developed and performed by the [[Christy Minstrels]] in the mid 19th century.
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''[[Good News from Home]]'' is a sentimental narrative song developed and performed by the [[Christy Minstrels]] in the mid 19th century. Also performed as part of their repertoire on their three-month long South African tour in 1862.
  
 
'''See [[The Christy Minstrels]]'''  
 
'''See [[The Christy Minstrels]]'''  
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
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"Christy's Minstrels 1857-1861", in Tracy C. Davis (Ed). 2012. ''The Broadview Anthology of Nineteenth-Century British Performance'' pp. 265-279[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=OQFbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA277&lpg=PA277&dq=Good+News+from+Home+Christy's+Minstrels&source=bl&ots=4TyW1VmWsY&sig=MGX0H_BPO0oHDVfD3uaXJ2w3M-U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9sOOZgOXfAhVCQRoKHR4qChcQ6AEwEXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Good%20News%20from%20Home%20Christy's%20Minstrels&f=false]
  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.141
  
 
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Good News from Home is a sentimental narrative song developed and performed by the Christy Minstrels in the mid 19th century. Also performed as part of their repertoire on their three-month long South African tour in 1862.

See The Christy Minstrels

Sources

"Christy's Minstrels 1857-1861", in Tracy C. Davis (Ed). 2012. The Broadview Anthology of Nineteenth-Century British Performance pp. 265-279[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.141

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