Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0686
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleThe bold fisherman
Name of creatorLeybourne, George, 1842-1884, performer
DateNo date
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice titled, “The heavy swell of the sea” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The performer is depicted, in lithograph, on the cover wearing waders and boots. The lyrics of a verse are depicted: ‘There once was a bold fisherman, Who sailed forth from Billingsgate, To catch the mild Bloater, And the gay Macker-ell, But he arrove off Pimlico, The wind it did begin to blow, And his little boat it wibble wobbled so, that slick overboard he fell.’
NotesBack cover presents 'Latest comic songs as sung by the leading comic singers, and introduced in all the burlesques of the day.'
Front cover is missing, replaced by a colour facsimile. The whole has been cropped top and bottom by approximately one cm.
SubjectMusical Theatre
Musical Theatre
Music Hall
Comedy
Songs
PhysicalDescription250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper
Related PersonHunt, G. W. (George W.), approximately 1839-1904, composer and lyricist
Leybourne, George, 1842-1884, performer
Related OrganisationHopwood & Crew, London, publisher
Concanen, Alfred, lithographer
Ward, photography
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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