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What! Marry dat gal?

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American popular songs

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Sheet music, 1899

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Title
What! Marry dat gal?
Additional title: Got a letter jes' dis mawnin', suh, an' say I had ter laff. [first line of song]
Additional title: Hurly burly. What! Marry dat gal? [uniform title]
Additional title: What! marry dat gal? [first line of chorus]
Names
Stromberg, John, 1853-1902 (Composer)
Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936 (Lyricist)
Templeton, Fay, 1865-1939 (Singer)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1899

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1899
Place: New York
Publisher: Weber, Fields & Stromberg
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
Poor African Americans
Humorous songs
Musicals
Man-woman relationships
African Americans
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: Cover design includes caricatures of a well-dressed African American man with top hat and cane holding his hand out in refusal, as a well-dressed African American woman smiles.
Content: On cover: Introduced with immense success by Fay Templeton at Weber & Field's Broadway Music Hall in Hurly burly. Cover includes photograph of Fay Templeton.
Content: Summary: Using stereotyped language, the narrator expresses his reaction to a letter proposing marriage from a woman he found false; he writes back apparently rejecting her suggestion.
Statement of responsibility: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by John Stromberg.
Physical Description
Extent: 8 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): c21a6200-c595-012f-59a1-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1853: Creator Born
  • 1899: Issued
  • 1902: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "What! Marry dat gal?" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97613826-6972-07b9-e040-e00a180602b2

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "What! Marry dat gal?" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97613826-6972-07b9-e040-e00a180602b2

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). What! Marry dat gal? Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97613826-6972-07b9-e040-e00a180602b2

Wikipedia Citation

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What! Marry dat gal?