Boer War research files Research file compiled by Max Tyler containing research related to music hall and the Boer War. Includes: File 1: - Handwritten notes by Max Tyler – preparatory notes for an event about the Boer War - Photocopy of ‘Absent Minded Beggar’ music and lyrics - Photocopy of ‘What do you think of the Irish now?’ music and lyrics - Handwritten list of ‘music for Boer War talk’ by Max Tyler - Photocopy of ‘The Empty Sleeve’ music and lyrics - Typescript programme for ‘An Evening with Max Tyler & Friends and Alan Cox presents…’ at the Avon and Somerset Music Hall Society, Sunday 28th June, 1987. - Photocopy of ‘My Daddy’s Coming Home’ music and lyrics - Photocopy of cover for ‘The Mafeking March’ by Ezra Read (in two halves) - Photocopy of partial sheet music - Typescript of lyrics for ‘The Diamond Queen’, ‘The Recruiting Sergeant’, ‘The Absent-Minded Bounder’, ‘The War Correspondent’, ‘Mafeking Knight’, ‘My Daddy’s Coming Home’, ‘The Baby’s Name’, ‘Dolly Gray’, The Boers have got my Daddy’, The Soldiers of the Queen’. - Photocopy of cover for ‘The Boers have got my Daddy’ by Mills and Castling (in two halves) - Photocopy of cover for ‘Shamrock Polka’ by G. Jervis Rubin (in two halves) - Photocopy of cover for ‘The Gentlemen in Khai’ (in two halves) - Photocopy of cover for ‘Britain’s Pride’ by Daniel J. Smith (in two halves) - Photocopy of cover for ‘When the Boys Come Home Once More’ by Leslie Mayne (in two halves) - Photocopy of cover for ‘War in Africa’ by Ezra Read (in two halves) - Photocopy of cover for ‘The Departure of a Troopship: Naval Fantasia’ by Fabian Scott (in two halves) - Photocopy of cover for ‘Side by Side’ by Alan Macey (in two halves) - Photocopy of cover for ‘The Return of the Guards March’ by Theo Bonheur (in two halves) - Photocopy of cover for ‘The Imperial Yeomanry March’ by Theo Bonheur (in two halves) - Photocopy of cover for ‘When the Boys Come Marcing Home’ by A. Horspool (in two halves) - Photocopy of cover for ‘The British Flag’ by W.H. Cummings (in two halves) - Photocopy of cover for ‘The Transvaal Quick March’ by Ezra Read (in two halves) - Photocopy of ‘The War Correspondent’ music and lyrics - Photocopy of typescript lyrics for ‘The Diamond Queen’, ‘Bluebell’, ‘The Absent Minded Beggar’, ‘The Absent Minded Bounder’, ‘What do you think of the Irish now?’, and ‘The Boers have got my Daddy’ - Handwritten list of book titles, by Max Tyler - Photocopy of ‘The Baby’s Name’ music and lyrics File 2 - Printed sheet of a ‘special verse of the Bore of Bef’nal Green, a song by Gus Elen. Special verse written by Edgar Bateman. Transcribed from The Era, March 1900. - Photocopy of song lyrics taken from McGlennon’s Star Song Book. Includes songs ‘Bravo! Good Old Bobs’, ‘The Heroes of Mafeking’, and ‘Have it over your side, Lucy’. - Printed list of ‘Cal plays’ - Photocopy of list of British War Songs - Handwritten list of subjects by Max Tyler - Typescript of lyrics to ‘Songs of the Boer War’, including ‘Dolly Gray’, ‘The Absent Minded Beggar’, ‘The Absent Minded Bounder’, ‘The Soldiers of the Queen’, ‘The Boers have got my Daddy’, ‘The Baby’s Name’, ‘My Daddy’s Coming Home’, ‘The Empty Sleeve’, and ‘The Old Brigade’ (plus photocopies). - Photocopy of ‘Don’t Sing a Song about the War’ music and lyrics - Short handwritten note by Max Tyler about ‘Buller’ [presumably Redvers Buller] - Printed lists of songs - Printed list of Boer War dates - 5 postcards and 1 photograph with Boer War related images - Printed email correspondence to Max featuring a research enquiries - Photocopy of a portrait of Lord Roberts - Print-out from The Sheetmusic Warehouse of ‘Bravo Bobs!’ - Photocopy of text ‘The Boer War’ from Pensioner Today (undated) - Photocopy of an illustration from an unknown publication titled ‘Chanting the patriotic chorus at the Middlesex’ - Printed text ‘Songs of the Boer War’ (unknown author/context) plus additional copies - Photocopy of ‘The Victorian Army as seen from the Music Hall’ by Michael Diamond - Photocopy of an image of Boer War buttons from an unknown publication - Printed article about Redvers Buller (unknown author/context) - Photocopy of a notice from a theatre related to Mrs Tree’s Recitation - Photocopy of a cartoon ‘The Eleventh Hour’, from Punch magazine May 190[2] - Photocopy of ‘What Paddy gave the Drum’ music and lyrics - Colour photocopy of cover for ‘Bob’s March’ composed by Arthur Otto - Colour photocopy of cover for ‘A Colonial Welcome Waltz’ - Photocopy of ‘C.I.V. Song’ by John Bradford File 3 - Photocopies of miscellaneous music and lyrics - Photocopy of ‘Where did the cruel bullet strike you?’ music and lyrics - Photocopy of ‘We’re off to the War’ music and lyrics by George Leyton - Photocopy of ‘What do you think of the Irish now?’ music and lyrics, by Pat Rafferty - Photocopy of ‘What Britishers are made of’ music and lyrics, by Leo Dryden - Photocopy of ‘Oh! Mr Kruger’ music and lyrics - Photocopy of ‘ Wait till Bill gets hold of ‘em’ music and lyrics, by Kate Carney - Photocopy of ‘The Transvaal Situation’ music and lyrics, by Clarion - Photocopy of ‘The Pretoria Dinner Party’ music and lyrics - Photocopy of ‘Oh, the Khaki’ music and lyrics, by Ernie Mayne - Photocopy of ‘A hot time in the Transvaal night’ music and lyrics, by Gus Hindell - Photocopy of ‘The Queen’s own little box of Soldiers’ music and lyrics, by Millie Hylton - Photocopy of ‘The message from Mafeking’ music and lyrics by Robert Dennis - Photocopy of ‘Let the Lion go, Boys’ music and lyrics - Photocopy of ‘Kruger’s Dinner Party’ music and lyrics - Photocopy of ‘Khaki Night and Day’ music and lyrics by Little Thomas - Photocopy of publication featuring the lyrics to ‘John Bull and the Boers’ and ‘Oh, Mr Kruger!’ - Photocopy of ‘The Heroes of the Transvaal War’ music and lyrics - Photocopy of ‘Parody – Dolly Gray’ music and lyrics by Reilly and Taylor - Photocopy of article titled ‘The Old Brigade’ - Photocopy of ‘The Bore O’ Bef’nal Green’ music and lyrics, by Gus Elen - Photocopy of ‘The Boers have got my Daddy’ music and lyrics by Tom Costello - Photocopy of ‘And then she sang a song about the War’ music and lyrics by George Bastow - Photocopy of ‘Another little patch of Red’ music and lyrics, by Reddick Anderson - Photocopy of ‘Back from the War!’ music and lyrics, by George Leyton - Photocopy of ‘Bobs ‘as ‘ad a lot o’ tips from me!’ lyrics by Paul Rubens - Photocopy of ‘The Absent-minded Beggar’ music and lyrics, by Rudyard Kipling/Arthur Sullivan - Photocopy of ‘America’s looking on!’ music and lyrics - Printed list of ‘Boer War… important dates’ - Photocopy of ‘The Absent-minded Bounder’ music and lyrics, by Kate Carney - Photocopy of ‘The day we reached Pretoria’ music and lyrics, by Harry Pleon - Photocopy of ‘Bravo! Good old Bobs!’ music and lyrics, by George D’Albert - Photocopy of ‘Bravo! C.I.V.’s’ music and lyrics, by Charles Bignell - Photocopy of ‘Bring back the flag to Majuba’ music and lyrics, by Walter M. Watkins - Photocopy of ‘The Camlachie Scout’ music and lyrics, by Harry Lauder - Photocopy of ‘Cock-o-the-walk’ music and lyrics, by Charles Bignell - Photocopy of ‘Don’t sing a song about the war’ music and lyrics, by Tom Lloyd - Photocopy of ‘The girl he left behind him’ music and lyrics, by W.P. Dempsey - Photocopy of ‘Good-bye Daddy’ music and lyrics, by Vesta Victoria - Photocopy of ‘The Baden Powell Scout’ music and lyrics, by Tom Leamore