| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Description | Research file compiled by Max Tyler about the performer Lily Morris and songwriter and performer Sam Mayo (born Sam Cowan). Containing:
List of songs in choronlogical order, 1914-1922.
Handwritten sheet music for 'The ones you leave behind' (unknown author).
5 page photocopy of a typed document containing biographical information about the Cowan family.
Photocopy of sheet music for 'Turned up', by Herbert Rule and Harry Castling.
Handwritten sheet music for 'I lost me soldier boy', transcribed and arranged by Ken Ferris.
Correspondence between Leslie Baker and Max Tyler regarding some Cowan/Mayo family research.
Document containing verse from an unknown song.
Photocopy of songsheet 'Why? Beause I love her!', written by R.P. Weston & Bert Lee, composed by Harris Weston, sung by Albert Whelan.
Photocopy of sheet music for 'I didn't want the dinner to get cold'. Poor quality copy.
Multiple copies of lyrics for the song 'Because he loves me', some handwritten by Max Tyler.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Then the night began to fall', written and composed by Worton David, R.P. Weston and Sam Mayo.
Photocopy of typed lyrics for 'The old apple tree', sung by Lily Morris.
2 photocopies of sheet music from an unknown song.
Photocopy of sheet music for 'He's only a working man', written and composed by Herbert Rule & Fred Holt.
Copy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Programmes', sung by Sam Mayo, written and composed by Harry Leighton and Sam Mayo. The copy is on licence from IMP Express Prints.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'The jockey', written and composed by Frank Leo, sung by Sam Mayo.
Copy from EMI publishing of songsheet 'The old apple tree', arranged by David Sherrif, sung by Miss Lily Morris. Handwritten on cover "1925, song writer inknown, copyright F, D & H".
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'You can tell by my manners I'm a lady', words by George Crump and Harry Clayton, music by Will Hyde..
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'How does a fly keep his weight down?', sung by Lily Morris.
Two printed lists of "Songs of Sam Mayo".
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for an unknown song.
Printed copy of a list titled "E.W. Rogers", containing a list of songs, their publication dates and associated performer.
Handwritten music for 'The ones you leave behind you' (unknown author).
Handwritten lyrics for 'Why? Because he loves me' (unknown author).
Photocopy of an article from The Music Box titled 'Come on variety! The halls must keep pace with the times', written by Sam Mayo.
Handwritten sheet music for 'Mr Marmalade' (unknown author).
Printed copy of a list titled 'Songs of Sam Mayo in my collection', noted as being from Sam Cowan.
Printed copy of a list titled "Songs of Sam Mayo", includes a chronological listing of the songs.
Photocopy of songsheet 'Gone where they don't play billiards', written by J.P Harrington, composed and sung by Sam Mayo.
Photocopy of two articles in the Daily Herald, one titled 'My life of mirth quakes', written by Sam Mayo in 1936, the other titled 'Fight beganhis fame', written by P.L. Mannock and published 01.04.1938.
Photocopy of the transcript for 'Good old timers: Sam Mayo', part of a series of home service programmes and broadcast on 4th August 1943. Featuring speakers including Nosmo King, Stella Mayo, Ted Cowan, Harry Mayo, Fred Yule, Ewart Scott, Bill Stephens, Joan Young, Horace Percival and Doris Nicholls.
Photocopy of songsheet 'The one-man-band', written and composed by Lee Weston and Sam Mayo, sung by Sam Mayo.
Photocopy of sheet music for 'The pushing young man', written by Worton David, composed by Sam Mayo.
2 photocopies of sheet music and lyrics for 'Bread and marmalade', written and composed by Will Terry, Frank Wood, Worton David.
Photocopy of two pages of sheet music for an unknown song.
Christmas card from Mark Raffles, dated November 2010. Features a photograph of the billboard for Mark Ruffalo;s 2010 performance in Las Vegas at the Sunset Casino.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Turned up', by herbert Rule and Harry Castling.
Songsheet 'Why am I always the Bridesmaid?', written and composed by Charles Collins and Fred W. Leigh.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Why am I always the Bridesmaid?', written and composed by Charles Collins and Fred W. Leigh.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'The old apple tree', a parody of 'In the shade of the old apple tree'.
Photocopy and printed copy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Why? Because he loves me', sung by Lily Morris.
Photocopy of songsheet 'I went to sleep again', written and composed by Charles Ridgwell, George A. Stevens and Worton David, sung by Sam Mayo.
Photocopy of one page of sheet music for an unknown song.
A3 photocopy of songsheet 'Little by little and bit by bit', written by W. Hargreaves and Worton David, composed by W. Hargreaves, sung by Sam Mayo.
Photocopy of one page of sheet music for 'I've only come down for the day', written and composed by Frank Leo, sung by Sam Mayo.
Photocopy of typed lyrics for 'The ones you leave behind you', sung by Lily Morris.
Photocopy of a typed booklet titled 'The published works of the late Worton David'. |
| Admin history | Transferred to the University of Kent in May 2018. |