| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0280 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Who's going to mash me to-night? |
| Name of creator | Costello, Tom, 1863-1943, performer |
| Date | 1898 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “Who’s Going To Mash Me Tonight”, appearing as two folio sheets (total 8 pages). Cover depicts, in lithograph, the performer, in drag with a fried fish counter behind one shoulder and a champagne supper behind the other. The lyrics of the chorus are inset: “Who’s going to mash me tonight, that’s all that’s worrying me. Shall I get home at ten, or will it be two or three? Will it be oysters and cham, with Bertie out on the randan? Or will it be fish and taters. With Sammy, the sandwich man?”. |
| 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 has been signed by the composer. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Connor, T.W. (Thomas, Widdicombe), 1865-1936, composer and 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 |