| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and lyrics titled 'It was beautiful' (4 pages total). In the centre of the cover is an illustration of Bard in a long jacket, oversized white bowtie, a white shirt and a black fedora hat. He is holding his arms just underneath of his chest. In the top right hand corner there is an illustration of a couple, a man wearing a dinner suit and a woman wearing a pink dress, sitting on a chair hugging. Next to them, there is a door that leads to a dining room where people are sitting around a table. On the left hand side, there are two illustrations one of a man sitting at a table, wearing a suit looking dishevelled and drunk. He is holding a martini glass and on the table there is an open bottle of champagne. Underneath that there is a caption that reads "I thought I would get intoxicated once [once is underlined], just it see what the sensation was like.". Below that illustration, there is another illustration of two men in commoner dress. One man is raising his fist and shouting at the other, the other man is looking back at him and also shouting back at him. the caption under that reads "Their language was B.E.A.U.Tiful." |
| Related Person | Bard, Wilkie 1874-1944, performer |
| Mills, A.J, writer (1872-1919) |
| W.B. Gray & Co, Publisher |