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Ref No	MWT/MUS/1/0304
Collection	Max Tyler Music Hall Collection
Title	The merry chink - chink - chink.
Name of creator	Coyne, Fred, performer
Date	No date
Extent	1 sheet music
Description	Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “The merry chink – chink - chink”, appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). Cover depicts the performer with top-hat and cane holding up a purse. The lyrics to the chorus are presented: ‘There’s nothing half so jolly as the chink-chink-chink. There’s nothing half so handy as the chink-chink-chink. You can do without a wife, you can do without a drink, But you can’t do without the merry chink-chink-chink.'
Notes	The spine has been repaired (stitched)
Subject	Musical Theatre
	Music Hall
	Comedy
	Songs
PhysicalDescription	220 x 310mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related Person	Hunt, G. W. approximately 1839-1904, composer and lyricist
	Concanen, Alfred, 1835-1886 lithographer
	Concanen, Alfred, 1835-1886 lithographer
	Coyne, Fred, performer
Related Organisation	Hopwood & Crew, London, 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.
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