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Title
Don't go in the water daughter
Additional title: The fascinating widow.
Names
Jerome, William, 1865-1932 (Lyricist)
Starmer (Illustrator)
Schwartz, Jean, 1878-1956 (Composer)
Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)

Sheet music, 1908.

Dates / Origin
Place: New York
Publisher: Cohan & Harris, Shapiro Music
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (The fascinating widow, 1911)
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: As sung in A. H. Woods' great production The Fascinating Widow--Cover
Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover illustrated by Starmer.
Content: Cover photograph of Julian Eltinge.
Content: First line of chorus: Don't go in the water daughter.
Content: First line of text: Mother may I go out to swim.
Content: For voice and piano.
Content: Julian Eltinge's bathing song--Cover.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: words by William Jerome ; music by Jean Schwartz.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 score (5 p.) : ill. ; 35 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG98-C164
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14528460
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ba637b70-c5fe-012f-0c96-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1865: Creator Born
  • 1908: Place (Approximate)
  • 1932: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

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Chicago/Turabian Format

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APA Format

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Wikipedia Citation

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Don't go in the water daughter