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You told me you had money in the bank

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American popular songs

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Sheet music, 1899

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Title
You told me you had money in the bank
Additional title: Mister Gideon Strong, you've treated me wrong. [first line of song]
Additional title: You told me you had money in the bank. [first line of chorus]
Names
Mathews and Bulger (Composer)
Mathews and Bulger (Lyricist)
Raymond, Maude (Singer)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1899

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1899
Place: New York
Publisher: The Rogers Bros. Music Publishing Co.
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
Quarreling
Humorous songs
Musicals
Finance, Personal
African Americans -- Domestic life -- 1890-1899
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: On cover: Maude Raymond's great coon hit ... as sung with great success in the Rogers Bros. latest farce "In Wall Street" by John J. McNally, management of Klaw & Erlanger. Cover includes photograph of Mayde Raymond.
Content: Summary: The narrator, an African American woman, scolds her husband for spending so much money she'll have to live with her parents; he lied to her when he said he had money in the bank; the husband resolves to play piccolo in a band - the band is successful and money is thrown into the horns of the instruments, but since a piccolo is small, the husband did not receive much.
Statement of responsibility: words and music by Mathews and Bulger.
Physical Description
Extent: 6 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): e83c5d50-c595-012f-4319-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1899: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "You told me you had money in the bank" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-ef53-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "You told me you had money in the bank" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-ef53-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). You told me you had money in the bank Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-ef53-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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