| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0687b |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | I haven't been so happy for a long, long time! |
| Name of creator | Lilburn, Charles, performer |
| Date | ©1803 USA |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “I haven't been so happy for a long, long time!” appearing as one folio sheet (4 pages total – inner folio absent). The performer is depicted on the cover, dressed in clownish garb and holding a wooden stake. An inset shows a woman standing on hr hands and kicking her feet in the air. Lyris to a chorus are presented: ‘And I haven’t been so happy for a long, long time! A long, long time! A long, long time! I haven’t been so happy for a long, long time – The missis broke her jaw this morning!’ |
| Notes | Back cover presents lyrics and the first eight bars of 'The new street song'. |
| Inner folio not present |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Wincott, Harry, composer and lyricist |
| Castling, Harry, d. 1933, composer and lyricist |
| Allen, Harry, composer and lyricist |
| Lilburn, Charles, performer |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher |
| T.B. Harms & Co, New York, publisher |
| Kent, Sidney, illustator |
| 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 |