Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0565a
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleLittle Tommy Tomkins
Name of creatorHurley, Alec, -1913, performer
Date1893
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice titled, “Little Tommy Tomkins“ appearing as original front cover and five facsimile pages. Depicted on the cover, in lithograph, is the performer in top-hat, white tie and overcoat. There are two scenes depicted in the background; a clerk working at a desk with the caption, ‘Little Tommy Tomkins at the office (little did “the governor” imagine Tommy’s thoughts were on the St. Leger instead of on his ledgers.’ And a bar scene where we see Tommy leaning against a bar dressed in top-hat and overcoat saying, ‘Now then dear boys & girls. “Shout” I’m in the chair.’ A third inset depicts an inkwell has the caption, ‘With the aid of these two articles Tommy increases his income. But he writes the governor’s name once too often & now he’s grinding up golden corn.’
NotesOriginal front cover only, other 5 pages are facsimiles
SubjectMusical Theatre
Music Hall
Comedy
Songs
PhysicalDescription240 x 340, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonVenton, F. W., composer
Mills, A. J. lyricist
Hurley, Alec, -1913, performer
Related OrganisationFrancis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher
T.B. Harms & Co, New York, publisher
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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