| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0057 |
| AltRefNo | MWT/MUS/1/0057 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Delaney's Chicken |
| Name of creator | Barrett, Lester 1863-1928, performer, also known by Lesley Stuart |
| Date | 1893 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "Delaney's Chicken", appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). Front cover main lithograph depicts a man in a brightly coloured waistcoat and bowler hat with a chicken held by the neck in one hand and a chopper in the other. Other illustrations depict the chicken staring at a sign bearing the song title and a man being blown up with the caption, "Tim Burke who understood blasting rocks blows it up with dynamite". The words of the chorus are also printed. |
| Notes | Also includes a list of Francos, Day & Hunter's "newest comic songs" on the back cover. |
| Outer folio sheet is torn in two along spine. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Barrett, Lester, 1863-1928, also known by Lesley Stuart, composer |
| Sweeney, P. lyricist |
| Barrett, Lester, 1863-1928, also known by Lesley Stuart, performer |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher |
| T.B. Harms & Co, New York, publisher |
| H.G. Banks, lithographer. |
| Related Place | London |
| Category | Sheet music |
| Access conditions | This 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). |
| Copyright | Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study. |
| Level | Item |