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Title
Oo Lee Long
Additional title: Oo-Lee, Oo-Lee, Oo-Lee Long, listen to me while I sing. [first line of chorus]
Additional title: Way down in Chinatown lived a pretty little moon-eyed maid. [first line of song]
Names
Evans, George, 1870-1915 (Composer)
Krieghoff, William G. (Cover designer)
Evans, George, 1870-1915 (Lyricist)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1899

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1900
Place: New York
Publisher: Shapiro Bernstein & Von Tilzer
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
Birds
Separation (Psychology)
Chinese Americans
Man-woman relationships
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: Summary: In Chinatown lives the Oo-Lee Long, daughter of a Chinese tea merchant; Ching Ling loves her; but she runs away with the laundry boy and Ching Ling is upset.
Content: Cover design by [William G.] Krieghoff includes drawing in Chinese style of a bird on a branch of a tree, with Japanese characters at left.
Content: Printed as the supplement to the New York World, Sunday, Feb. 4, 1900.
Statement of responsibility: by George Evans.
Date: Copyright date: 1899
Physical Description
Extent: 4 p. ; 35 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): 68b02660-c595-012f-6227-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1870: Creator Born
  • 1900: Issued
  • 1915: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Oo Lee Long" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1900. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-efe1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Oo Lee Long" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-efe1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1900). Oo Lee Long Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-efe1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Oo Lee Long