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Details
Title
May Irwin's "Bully" song / words and music by Charles E. Travathan.
Creator
Published
The Examiner, San Francisco, c1896.
Full Collection Name
California Sheet Music
Other Identifiers
BOX 28-10
Type
Notated Music
Extent
1 score ([1], [2]-4 p.) : ill. ; 32 x 23 cm.
Archive
The Music Library
Note
For voice and piano.
Caption title.
"As sung with great success in the 'Widow Jones'"--Ill. t.p.
"... the only correct publication of the 'Bully Song' as sung by me ... May Irwin"--t.p.
Verses [3]-[6], encore (=verse [7]) printed on p. 4.
"Musical Supplement to the Examiner"--Ill. t.p.
T.p. illustration: colored caricature lithograph of a razor-wielding black man wearing a straw hat, polka-dot bow tie, plaid jacket, striped pants, and spats / Davenport.
"By courtesy of White-Smith Music Publishing Co."--Ill. t.p.
"Frontispiece copyright 1896 by W. R. Hearst"--Ill. t.p.
"Forbes Co."--Ill. t.p.
First line of text: Have yo' heard about dat bully.
First line of chorus: When I walk dat levee round.
Record created as part of the California Sheet Music Project.
Bound: No
Variant: No
Illustrated cover: Yes
Advertisements: No
Caption title.
"As sung with great success in the 'Widow Jones'"--Ill. t.p.
"... the only correct publication of the 'Bully Song' as sung by me ... May Irwin"--t.p.
Verses [3]-[6], encore (=verse [7]) printed on p. 4.
"Musical Supplement to the Examiner"--Ill. t.p.
T.p. illustration: colored caricature lithograph of a razor-wielding black man wearing a straw hat, polka-dot bow tie, plaid jacket, striped pants, and spats / Davenport.
"By courtesy of White-Smith Music Publishing Co."--Ill. t.p.
"Frontispiece copyright 1896 by W. R. Hearst"--Ill. t.p.
"Forbes Co."--Ill. t.p.
First line of text: Have yo' heard about dat bully.
First line of chorus: When I walk dat levee round.
Record created as part of the California Sheet Music Project.
Bound: No
Variant: No
Illustrated cover: Yes
Advertisements: No
Provenance
Society of California Pioneers.
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