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Babes in the wood

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G99C244_006


Item data

Title

Babes in the wood

Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)
Sheet music, 1915.

Names

Greene, Schuyler (Lyricist)
Strauss, Malcolm A., 1883-1936 (Illustrator)
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1915
Place: New York
Publisher: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Very good Eddie, 1915)

Subjects

Songs

Genres

Sheet Music
Scores

Notes

Content: Book by Philip Bartholomae & Guy Bolton, words by Schuyler Greene & Herbert Reynolds--Cover.
Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover illustrated by Malcolm Strauss.
Content: First line of refrain: Give me your hand.
Content: First line of text: Little lady, don't be depressed and blue.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement Of Responsibility: words by Jerome Kern and Schuyler Greene ; music by Jerome Kern.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 vocal score (4 p.) : ill. ; 34 cm.
Covers separated; edges frayed.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C244
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14530111
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0cd295f0-c5ff-012f-c567-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Babes in the wood" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1915. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0cd295f0-c5ff-012f-c567-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1915). Babes in the wood Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0cd295f0-c5ff-012f-c567-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Babes in the wood" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0cd295f0-c5ff-012f-c567-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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