| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0295 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | The horse the missis dries the clothes on |
| Name of creator | Coyne, Frank, performer |
| Date | 1901 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet 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.” |
| Notes | Back 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. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Leigh, Fred, 1871-1924, composer and lyricist |
| Coyne, Frank, 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 |