Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0551
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleIn the years that are to come
Name of creatorHill, Reuben, performer
DateNo date
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice titled, “In the years that are to come” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The performer is depicted on the cover, in a lithograph with three illustrations above; two small illustrations depicting boys with captions, ‘A soldier I will be’ and ‘I will be a sailor’, and a larger illustration of a nurse with a small boy on her lap with the caption, ‘I’ll stay and work for mother’. Also depicted are lyrics to the chorus: ‘Weaving his golden fancies, Filling her heart with glee, Telling her the same old stories, Of what he means to be; Never a thought of the sorrow, The future may bring to some; But he’ll be his mother’s darling, In the years that are to come’.
NotesOuter folio is separated along the full length of the spine.
Back cover has a list of Francis, Day & Hunter's "Newest Comic Songs"
Cover has a signature which appears to be Y. E[llis?]
Front cover bears an ink stamp, FD&H.
SubjectMusical Theatre
Music Hall
Romantic
Songs
PhysicalDescription250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonScott, Maurice, composer and lyricist
Birrel, John, composer and lyricist
Hill, Reuben, performer
Related OrganisationFrancis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher
Related PlaceLondon
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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