| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0580 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | Time is money |
| Name of creator | Knowles, R. G. (Richard George), 1858-1919, performer |
| Date | 1896 |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “Time is money” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The cover depicts, in lithograph, a caricatured image of the performer the performer with a very large head, wearing a top-hat. Inset is an image of a pair of scales with a bundle labelled “£.S.D.” suspended in a bowl on one side and an egg-timer with small wings on the other side. Lyrics of a chorus are presented:’ Time is money, yes, and money it is time, And don’t you be forgetting it Always get as much money as you can, But don’t get “time” for getting it.’ |
| Notes | Outer folio is torn along almost the full length of the spine. |
| Inner folio has a tear to the outside edge. |
| Back cover has a list of 'Francis, Day & Hunter's newest comic songs.' |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Tilbury, Walter, composer and lyricist |
| Barnes, Fred J. 1873-1917, lyricist |
| Knowles, R. G. (Richard George), 1858-1919, performer |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, London, publisher |
| H.G. Banks, lithographer. |
| T.B. Harms & Co, New York, 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). |
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| Level | Item |