Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0562
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleThings 'tis better not to dwell on
Name of creatorHunter, G. W., performer
Date1891
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice titled, “Haul me back again“ appearing as one folio sheet (4 pages total). The performer is depicted, in lithograph, at the centre of the cover in evening dress and holding sheet music. Other scenes depict variously: a man and a woman appearing to dance with shocked expressions while a caption reads, ‘an ants nest’; a woman, seated, and a man, both in evening dress, the woman’s face obscured by a fan and the man with an embarrassed expression with the caption ‘when you are making a polite bow and the stitches in your pants “give”’; and a man climbing over a jagged topped wall with the caption, ‘when evading the bull pup you find the wall topped with broken glass’. The song is describes as ‘a burlesque ballad, humorously rendered by the quaint G. W. Hunter.’
NotesInner folio is missing.
Back cover has a list of "Chas. Sheard & Co's comic and other songs."
SubjectMusical Theatre
Music Hall
Comedy
Songs
PhysicalDescription250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonJager, F., composer
Morton, Richard, lyricist
Hunter, G. W., performer
Related OrganisationCharles Sheard & Co. London, publisher
Stannard & Son, imp. [assume artist]
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).
LevelItem
    Powered by CalmView© 2008-2026