| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0564a |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | I ain't a-going to tell |
| Name of creator | Hurley, Alec, -1913, performer |
| Date | 1893 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “I ain’t a-going to tell“ appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The performer is depicted, on the cover, in lithograph, wearing casual clothing with a top-hat. An inset scene shows the performer in a trap with a woman; a sign post behind shows the ways to Chingford and London. Also depicted are lyrics of a verse, ‘The pony shied and tipped us out, and awkwardly she fell; and when I went to pick her up – well, ‘I ain’t a-going to tell’ and a chorus, I ain’t a-going to tell, I ain’t a-going to tell, Will does not know a word of this – but I ain’t a-going to tell’. |
| Notes | Back cover has a list of "Chas Sheard & Co's very latest and popular comic and other songs for smoking concerts, &c." |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Parker, W. C. (W. Coleman), composer |
| Tempest H., arranger |
| Wayne, H., lyricist |
| Pink, Wal, adaptor of lyrics |
| Hurley, Alec, -1913, performer |
| Related Organisation | Charles Sheard & Co. London, publisher |
| H.G. Banks, lithographer. |
| 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). |
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| Level | Item |