All aboard for Sleepy-land: a charming children's song

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Title
All aboard for Sleepy-land: a charming children's song
Additional title: Have you heard about the children's train [First line of song]
Additional title: Then it's choo! choo! choo! the engine puffs [First line of chorus]
Names
Gage, George W. (Composer)
Gage, George W. (Lyricist)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1899

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1903
Place: Chicago
Publisher: Bowen & Co.
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
Railroads -- Railroad trains
Sleeping
Dreaming -- 1800-1899
Children -- United States -- 1890-1899
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: Cover designed by N. Bisby [?] features babies riding a train made of cradles with one baby holding a candle.
Content: Music supplement of Hearst's Chicago American, Chicago, Sunday, May 31, 1903 - pages 5-8.
Content: Train is traveling on a track made of stars in the direction of houses designed to look like sleeping people wearing red slumber caps.
Statement of responsibility: words and music by George H. Gage.
Date: Copyright date: 1899
Physical Description
Extent: 4 p. ; 34 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10826013
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21736880
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21738653
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 407143a0-c594-012f-70f5-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1903: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "All aboard for Sleepy-land: a charming children's song" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1903. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-ecc7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "All aboard for Sleepy-land: a charming children's song" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-ecc7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1903). All aboard for Sleepy-land: a charming children's song Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-ecc7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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All aboard for Sleepy-land: a charming children's song