Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0564b
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleThe coster's sister
Name of creatorHurley, Alec, -1913, performer
Date1897
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice titled, “The coster’s sister“ appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The performer is depicted, on the cover, in lithograph, in working clothes and again in an inset, seated at a table with a woman standing behind with her hands on his shoulders, A caption reads ‘remember Bill, he used to love me once.’ Lyrics to the chorus are also depicted: And know she thinks about him, and inwardly she frets. I’ve watched her roses fading now for months, And when I speaks about him, she says, “forgive and forget. Remember, Bill, he used to love me once!”’
NotesBack cover has a list of "Leslie Stuart's popular songs" and "Pianoforte arrangements, &c.'"
Front cover is marked with the name W. cd (Wing Commander?) Murray (?) in pencil.
Front cover bears the ink stamp of Keith, Prowse and Co. Ltd, Kensington.
Front cover bears an ink stamp, FD&H.
SubjectMusical Theatre
Music Hall
Romantic
Songs
PhysicalDescription260 x 360mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonNubley, J. W., composer and lyricist
Perry, Albert, arranger
Hurley, Alec, -1913, performer
Related OrganisationFrancis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher
H.G. Banks, lithographer.
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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