| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0269b |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | The ship I love |
| Name of creator | Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer |
| Date | No date |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet 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". |
| Notes | Back 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. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Tragic |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | McGlennon, Felix, 1856-1943, composer and lyricist |
| Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer |
| Related Organisation | Charles Sheard & Co. London, publisher |
| Frank Tousey's Publishing House, New York, publisher |
| 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 |