Hi Donna, I googled the name of the song and several links came up for the lyrics, no music. This one allows you to download or print it out. It is the "Hutchinson Republican Songster", a book of campaign songs from the 1860 Presidential election and actually published in 1860 : http://www.archive.org/details/bobolinkminstrel00bung On left side of screen there are links to select how to access it in various formats. I used the pdf link and it came up with beautiful images of the actual pages. The lyrics of the song are on pages 27 and 28, no music notation. It says "sung to the tune of "Benney Haven". You can print it out too. I found info about a song called "To Benny's Haven" on the soundtrack for the TV mini-series "North and South". Maybe a library loan request would find a copy for you to barrow from somewhere. Otherwise Amazon.com has used copies of the soundtrack on cd's for $7.55 and up + $2.98 shipping. It's a double album combined with the sound track of the movie "The Right Stuff". Putnam lived in Massachusetts a long time. Maybe one of the libraries or universities there have the music in their music collections. Maybe Library of Congress has the original music. Their archives include a huge collection of music including recordings, and a special collection relating to slave narratives and other folk music that wasn't written down. www.loc.gov Hope those leads help. Tink At 08:46 AM 11/6/2010, you wrote: >Hi everybody. You helped me before--maybe again? > >I'm doing a program in early December on George W. Putnam, an >abolitionist who lived in Peterboro for about 10 years, beginning in 1858. > >This guy had quite a varied career, including a time when he wrote >lyrics for the Hutchinson Family Singers and they composed the >music. One song was called "Ridden by the Slave Power" and I would >like to find the actual music. There's a possibility that I can >have someone at the program who can sing the song. I think it may >have been sung to the tune "Benny Haven" or "Benny Heaven." Can't >find that either. > >Is there anyone who can help me? As you've probably figured out, I >can't read music--even if I find it!!!! My great great grandfather, >Charles Cutler, the choir director from Peterboro, is probably >rolling over in his grave. > >Thanks, Donna Burdick > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message