Sheet music cover image of the song 'Foster's Melodies No49 Old Black Joe', with original authorship notes reading 'Written and Composed by Stephen C Foster', United States, 1900. The publisher is listed as 'Armstrong Music Pub. Co's Edition de Luxe, 17 West 28th Street', the form of composition is 'strophic with chorus', the instrumentation is 'piano and voice (solo and satb chorus)', the first line reads 'Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay', and the illustration artist is listed as 'E.A. Stege Co. Litho. and Eng. New York'. (Photo by Sheridan Libraries/Levy/Gado/Getty Images)
