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The new burlesque song: The royal wild beast show sung by Mr. Walter Howard

Description

Notes:
Words by Frank W. Green ; music by Alfred Lee.
Broadsheet printed on purple paper.
At center of first line of title vignette of royal arms supported by lion and unicorn; at top on verso similar but not identical vignette.
On recto text of song in seven four-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: The camomiles, the crocodiles, and all that you could wish.
At head of text on recto: With characteristic and descriptive vocal and instrumental chorus of the whole of the Royal Original Christy's Minstrels at St. George's Hall.
On verso, headed: New copyright songs sung by the Royal Original Christy's Minstrels at St. George's Hall, excerpts from notices all dated 1869 and song list.

Access Conditions

Rights
No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Lee, Alfred, "The new burlesque song: The royal wild beast show sung by Mr. Walter Howard " (1869). Harris Broadsides. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:283829/

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Collection:

  • Harris Broadsides

    Broadsides are single-sheet publications, often issued as ephemera or announcements. The Harris Broadsides Collection is a comprehensive collection of American poetry published in broadside format from colonial times to the present. The collection offers materials covering a broad spectrum of …
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