Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0269b
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleThe ship I love
Name of creatorCostello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer
DateNo date
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice titled, “The ship I love”, appearing as three folio sheets (10 pages total). Cover depicts, in lithograph, a shipwreck scene with the crew manning the lifeboats while the captain remains on board. The performer is shown inset in uniform with the caption “Sung with immense success by Tom Costello”. Also depicted are the words of the chorus, “I’ll stick to the ship lads, you save your lives. I’ve no one to love me, you’ve children and wives. You take to the boats lads, praying to heaven above. But I’ll go down in the angry deep with the ship I love".
NotesBack cover has excerpts from eight other songs under the heading "For the home circle. Minstrel and variety entertainments."
The front cover has been separated from the other half of the folio.
SubjectMusical Theatre
Music Hall
Tragic
Songs
PhysicalDescription250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonMcGlennon, Felix, 1856-1943, composer and lyricist
Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer
Related OrganisationCharles Sheard & Co. London, publisher
Frank Tousey's Publishing House, New York, 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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