Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0295
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleThe horse the missis dries the clothes on
Name of creatorCoyne, Frank, performer
Date1901
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice titled, “The horse the missis dries the clothes on”, appearing as two folio sheets (total 8 pages). Cover depicts the performer, in lithograph, wearing riding dress and flexing his crop. An inset shows the rider clinging to a runaway horse and losing his hat. The words of the chorus are also included: “You don’t catch me on a gee-gee’s back again! It’s not the kind of place you can doze on; the only horse I think that I could manage, is the one the missis dries the clothes on.”
NotesBack cover has a list of Francis, Day & Hunter's "Newest popular songs"
Cover bears an illegible ink signature.
Outer folio sheet Is ripped along full length of spine.
SubjectMusical Theatre
Music Hall
Comedy
Songs
PhysicalDescription250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonLeigh, Fred, 1871-1924, composer and lyricist
Coyne, Frank, performer
Banks, H. G., lithographer
Related OrganisationFrancis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher
T.B. Harms & Co, 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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