Content: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center: G. Schirmer, 35 Union Square, New York.
Content: Summary: In ethnic stereotyped dialect, the narrator admires his girlfriend, comparing her to honey of a bee and peach.
Content: On cover: Plantation song...sung by May Irwin. Cover includes photograph of May Irwin by Elmer Chickering.
Content: Former owner's stamp on cover at top right: The Grand Hotel, Limited, Yokohama, Bund 18 19 20.
Statement Of Responsibility: words and music by Charles E. Trevathan.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 34 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21757455
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1f0a7c40-c591-012f-cb2c-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1896

Cite this item

MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Honey on my lips" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1896. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1f0a7c40-c591-012f-cb2c-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1896). Honey on my lips Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1f0a7c40-c591-012f-cb2c-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Honey on my lips" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1f0a7c40-c591-012f-cb2c-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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