Ref NoMWT/MUS/1/0721
CollectionMax Tyler Music Hall Collection
TitleThe organ grinder
Name of creatorLloyd, Arthur, 1839-1904
DateNo date
Extent1 sheet music
DescriptionSheet music for piano and voice titled, “The organ grinder“ appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). The performer is depicted on the cover, in lithograph, dressed in a scruffy suit with a tailed jacket, scarf and top-hat. Lyrics to a chorus are depicted: 'I mourns for loss of the girl I love. And I don’t know where to find her. She’s gone away from her turtle dove. With a nasty organ grinder.
NotesFront cover is signed by the author: 'Yours truly Arthur Lloyd'.
Last page is separated from the whole.
Back cover presents a selection of 'New and popular comic songs'.
SubjectMusical Theatre
Musical Theatre
Music Hall
Comedy
Songs
PhysicalDescription250 x 350mm, black ink printed on paper
Related PersonHunt, G. W. (George W.) approximately 1839-1904, composer and lyricist
Watson, Michael, arranger
Lloyd, Arthur, 1839-1904, performer
Related OrganisationJ. Campbell & Co., publisher
Concanen, Alfred, 1835-1886 artist
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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