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How'd you like to be a kid again

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

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Sheet music, 1922.

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Title
How'd you like to be a kid again
Additional title: Bombo. How'd you like to be a kid again. Vocal score.
Names
Colligan, Billy (Composer)
Colligan, Billy (Lyricist)
McHugh, Jimmy, 1894-1969 (Composer)
McHugh, Jimmy, 1894-1969 (Lyricist)
Bennett Sisters (Singer)
Collection

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

Sheet music, 1922.

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1922
Place: New York
Publisher: J. Mills
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Bombo, 1922)
Topics
Bennett Sisters
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: Caption title.
Content: Featured with great success by the Bennett Twins--Cover.
Content: First line of [chorus]: I'm feeling blue, so I'm asking you.
Content: First line of text: Do you ever get lonely?
Content: For voice and piano.
Content: Hit of Messrs. Lee and J.J. Shubert production 'Bombo', with Al Jolson--Cover.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Photograph of Bennett Twins, lower half of cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: [words and music] by Jimmy McHugh, Bennett Sisters, Billy Colligan.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (4 p.) : ill. ; 32 cm.
Center seam torn and repaired with tape; edges frayed and torn.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C261
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14530133
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c6c92750-c5ff-012f-64cf-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

  • 1922: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "How'd you like to be a kid again" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1922. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/709263d7-5cd3-ddea-e040-e00a1806363c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "How'd you like to be a kid again" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/709263d7-5cd3-ddea-e040-e00a1806363c

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1922). How'd you like to be a kid again Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/709263d7-5cd3-ddea-e040-e00a1806363c

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How'd you like to be a kid again