| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0348 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Oh! Would You Believe It! |
| Name of creator | Driver, Edgar, performer |
| Date | 1913 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "Oh! Would You Believe It!", appearing as one bifold folio sheet and two sheets (8 pages total). The front cover depicts an illustration of Edgar Driver wearing a priest's outfit; he is holding the priest collar in his hand, and his head is abnormally large compared to his body. The "O" in the title has an illustration of a bald man in a priest's outfit. |
| Notes | There are lots of rips throughout the document |
| There is green tape along the binding of the front and back page to secure it |
| There is a signature on the front page in the top right corner, in black ink, reading "H. Richardson" |
| There is a partial stamp on the front cover in the bottom right in purple ink, which reads " 33, Darley St. ... 2598... Bradford" |
| On the fifth page there is an annotation in black ink at the bottom, reading "... after 4th verse... if I catch you... from the..." |
| The back page includes a list of Latest Publications As Sung by all the leading Concert Artistes |
| Included is a small sheet of thin paper (255 x 204 mm), with extra verses to the song, printed in purple ink |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 356 x 261 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Lee, Bert, writer and composer |
| Honeyman, Ted, illustrator |
| Related Organisation | Walsh, Holmes & Co., publisher |
| 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 |