Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0049
AltRefNoMWT/MUS/1/0049
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleThe highty flighty girls or the spider and the fly
Name of creatorBarker, Harry
Date1894
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for the piano and lyrics titled "The highty flighty girls" Or "The spider and the fly" (4 pages total) The cover incluedes illistrations of Harry Barker in the top left hand corner and Leslie Reed in the bottom right hand corner. In the top right hand corner of the cover, underneath the title, there is an illistration of a woman in a red dress on a spider web reaching out to a man in a black and white suit who has wings like a fly, flying over to the woman. In the bottom left hand corner, there is an illistration of a group of men in suits sitting around a round red table smoking, playing cards. Next to the men is the same woman from the spiderweb illistration leaning over looking at the group. beneath them is a police officer in uniform looking up at them about to blow his whistle. A caption reads " The spider's parlor" and anotherone that reads "But a bluebottle stops your little game".
NotesFrancis, Day, & Hunter's Newest comic songs on the back
Record created by volunteers.
SubjectMusical theatre
Music Hall
Public entertainment
Cabaret songs
Comedy
Performers
PhysicalDescription362 x 260 mm, coloured and black ink printed on paper
Related PersonBarker, Harry, Perfromer
Reed, Leslie, lyricist
Reed, Leslie, Composer
Related OrganisationFrancis, Day & Hunter, publisher
T.B Harms, Publisher
Related PlaceLondon
New York
CategorySheet music
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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