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Sheet music with comic verse on a Christmas card -- Auld Lang Syne, Home Sweet Home, The Mistletoe Bough and Royal Country Dances (four tunes, fortunes). Date: circa 1890s
Red Book of Montserrat. 14th century. Monastery of MontserraRed Book of Montserrat. Manuscript collection of devotional texts and medieval songs. 14th century. Library. Monastery of Montserrat. Catalonia. Spain. 1st manuscript
Dante & Beatrice: Heaven" For that all living lights, waxing in splensour burst forth into songs; Such as from memory glide & fall away." (Canto XX, lines 10-12)
Maori ChildrenLearning to be good Maoris : The youngest children in the class are a little boxed up in their first lesson in old traditional Maori songs which tell the history of the race
Ulrich von Liechtenstein, German MinnesangerUlrich von Liechtenstein, German nobleman, knight, politician and Minnesinger (writer and performer of love songs)
Singers on a comic postcard -- Songs and their Singers -- Greet, Greet, Softly My Sweet. Date: circa 1910s
Music cover, O Touch the Ivory Keys Again, words by Henry Farnie, music by Luigi Arditi. Depicting a woman playing at a keyboard. circa 1864
Music cover, Spring! Gentle Spring! A song from Babil and Bijou, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, in 1872. Words by J R Planche, music by J Riviere. circa 1873
Music cover, I ve Never Seen a Straight Banana, words and music by Ted Waite 1926
Albert Chevalier (21 March 1861 10 July 1923) was an English, music hall comedian, singer and musical theatre actor. He specialised in cockney related humour based on life as a costermonger in London
American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Two favorite songs made on the evacuation of the town of Boston by the British troops on the 17th of March, 1776 after the Siege of Boston Engraving
The Babes in the Wood, John Walters Company productionThe Babes in the Wood, flyer for Mr and Mrs John Walters Company, who have made arrangements to tour the West of England with their Superbly Beautiful Production
(insert)Music cover, Football, Keep Your Eye on the Ball, written, composed and performed by Nat Travers, King of the Cockney Comedians, radio and television star. 1951
Music cover, For an A1 Nation Beer is Best, words and music by Nat Travers and Will Hyde, performed by Nat Travers, King of Coster Comedians. 1935
Illustration to St Jeromes Love, a poem by Thomas Moore - Wan and sunk with midnight prayer, Are the pale looks of her I love. From a publication entitled Sacred Songs (2 volumes, 1816-1824)
Music cover, You d Be So Nice To Come Home To, words and music by Cole Porter, from the film, Something To Shout About. 1943
All Trumps, revue by John P Harrington and Harry LaneAll Trumps, a musical comedy revue by John P Harrington and Harry Lane. First produced at the Pavilion, Weymouth, 15 February 1915, and in Middlesex, 17 May 1915
Music cover, The Gold Diggers of BroadwayMusic cover, Painting The Clouds With Sunshine, words by al Dubin, music by Joe Burke, from the film The Gold Diggers of Broadway. 1929
Rockport, Cushendun, where Songs of the Glens Were Written - a view of a detached bungalow beside the beach. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Cushendun). Date: circa early 1900s
Illustration, The Order of the Bath -- a little child washes two dolls in a large bowl. Date: 1895
Illustration, Little Pollie Flinders sat among the cinders, warming her pretty little toes. Her mother came and caught her and whipped her little daughter for spoiling her nice new clothes. Date: 1895
Book cover, Nursery Songs and RhymesBook cover in blue and silver, A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes, edited bys Baring-Gould, with illustrations by members of the Birmingham Art School under the direction of A J Gaskin
Title page illustration, Nursery Songs and RhymesTitle page illustration, A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes, edited bys Baring-Gould, with illustrations by members of the Birmingham Art School under the direction of A J Gaskin
Illustration, Little Bo Peep with her sheep. Date: 1895
Illustration, Willy Boy Willy Boy, where are you going? I will go with you if that I may. I m going to the meadows to see them a-mowing, I m going to help them to make the hay. Date: 1895
Illustration, Tommy Snooks and Bessie BrooksIllustration, As Tommy Snooks and Bessie Brooks were walking out one Sunday, says Tommy Snooks to Bessie Brooks, Tomorrow will be Monday. Date: 1895
Illustration, lady in a gardenIllustration, a lady in a garden asks a little girl if she would like her ball back. Date: 1895
Illustration, Four and Twenty Blackbirds. Date: 1895
Illustration, Good King Arthur. Date: 1895
Illustration, Little Tom Tucker. Date: 1895
Illustration, I had a little nut tree, and nothing would it bear, but a silver nutmeg and a golden pear. The King of Spains daughter came to visit me, all for the sake of my little nut tree
Illustration, Mary Mary Quite ContraryIllustration (possibly the frontispiece), Mary Mary Quite Contrary how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells, and pretty maids all in a row. Date: 1895
Illustration, Ride A Cock Horse to Bambury Cross to see a fine lady get on a white horse. With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, she shall have music wherever she goes. Date: 1895
Illustration, Goosey Goosey Gander, whither do you wander? Upstairs and downstairs and in my ladies chamber. Date: 1895
Famous Diva and accompanist noticed - Oxford Circus StationA Famous highbrow Diva (and snooty accompanist) standing on Oxford Circus Underground Station, London - spotted by a couple (and their wailing infant) on the station
Music cover, Der Letzte Waltzer, operetta in three acts, by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grunwald, with music by Oscar Straus, arranged for voice and piano, and piano duet. 1920
Music cover, Gone Wrong! A Maddening Medley. Written, composed and arranged by Charles Wilmott and G W Hunter. Featured on the cover are all the songs included in the medley. circa 1880s
Music cover, Lets Have A Basinful of the Briny, song by Ralph Butler and Harry Tilsley. Showing a family of three having fun on the beach. 1934
Football match - Some popular songs for footballersPage from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News depicting various scenes of rugby and football linked to humourus songs of the period Date: 1909
Two little girls with juke boxTwo little girls consider the options on a juke box. Date: 1970s
Book with song titles on a Christmas cardBook with a list of song titles and a bunch of flowers on a Christmas card. circa 1890s
Charles GrayCHARLES GRAY Soldier and writer of songs with his autograph Date: 1782 - 1851
Charles Dibdin (Elder)CHARLES DIBDIN (elder) actor, playwright and writer of popular songs, especially with a nautical flavour eg The lass that loved a sailor. Date: 1745 - 1814
Patrick HannayPATRICK HANNAY writer, frontispiece to a volume of his songs and sonnets, The Nightingale Date: ? - 1629
Card; Tongs and so OnThe poker, the shovel. the broom and tongs, made Christmas merry with dance and songs Date: circa 1905
Posada, Music cover, La SerpentinaMusic cover, La Serpentina -- collection of modern songs, published by Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo, showing a woman dancing. Date: 1894
Posada, Illustration to a collection of songsIllustration to a collection of songs -- a singing couple. Date: circa 1895
Posada, Music cover, La LocomotoraMusic cover, La Locomotora -- The Locomotive, collection of modern songs, published by Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo. Date: circa 1895