| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0276 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | The mother tongue |
| Name of creator | Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer |
| Date | 1899 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “The Mother Tongue”, appearing as three folio sheets (12 pages total). Cover depicts, in lithograph, the performer dressed in white tie and, inset, what looks to be a third world village scene with two western men, one of whom is armed, shaking hands. The chorus lyrics are also depicted, “It may be the twang of the Northern boys, it may be the drone of the West, it may be the Micky or Sandy who speaks, but it fills your heart and thrills your soul, no matter if spoken or sung, and all that you know, and all that you are, it’s the dear old mother tongue”. |
| Notes | Back cover has a list of "Francis, Day and Hunter's newest comic songs". |
| Outer folio is torn along the full length of the spine. |
| Front cover bears an indecipherable ink signature. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Patriotic |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Le Brunn, George, 1863-1905, composer |
| Hall, Albert, lyricist |
| Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer |
| Banks, H. G., lithographer |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher |
| T.B. Harms & Co, 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 |