| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0686 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | The bold fisherman |
| Name of creator | Leybourne, George, 1842-1884, performer |
| Date | No date |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet 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.’ |
| Notes | Back 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. |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 250 x 350mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Hunt, G. W. (George W.), approximately 1839-1904, composer and lyricist |
| Leybourne, George, 1842-1884, performer |
| Related Organisation | Hopwood & Crew, London, publisher |
| Concanen, Alfred, lithographer |
| Ward, photography |
| 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). |
| Copyright | Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study. |
| Level | Item |