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  <dc:title>She thinks she's Wilson Barrett (a comic song introducing the recitation "Before Sebastopol: or a tale of chandeliers)</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “She thinks she’s Wilson Barrett” appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). Cover depicts the performer, in lithograph, the performer in top-hat and tails pointing with the caption: ‘There was my missis ‘a la Claudian, reciting to the dirty-nosed kids’. Inset is a scene depicting a woman, in theatrical dress, addressing a small audience of children from on top of a table. The lyrics od the chorus are depicted: ‘Ev’ry night she starts screaming, I awake and think she’s dreaming; She stands on her head in the middle of the bed. She thinks she’s Wilson Barrett! Then she starts but please blab it, crying “my kingdom for a rabbit!” She gives one shout, then the gas goes out, and she stabs the pillow with a carrot.’</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1895</dc:date>
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