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Title
Oh boy what joy we had in barefoot days
Additional title: Barefoot days
Additional title: Bombo. Oh boy what joy we had in barefoot days. Vocal score.
Names
Wilson, Al, active 1918 (Lyricist)
Politzer, Irving, 1898-1971 (Illustrator)
Brennan, James A. (James Alexander), 1885-1956 (Composer)
Collection

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

Sheet music, 1923

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1923
Place: New York
Publisher: E.B. Marks
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Bombo, 1922)
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: Cover illustrated by Politzer.
Content: Featured by the Three Wainwright Sisters--Cover.
Content: First line of chorus: Barefoot days, when you were just a kid.
Content: First line of text: I can remember how proud I used to be.
Content: For voice and piano.
Content: Fox-trot song--Cover.
Content: Messrs. Lee & J.J. Shubert production Bombo with Al Jolson--Cover.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Photograph, by Barry?, of the Wainright Sisters, lower right of cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: [words and music] by Al. Wilson & James A. Brennan.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (4 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Covers separated but repaired with tape; edges frayed and torn.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C264
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14530137
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fe778b70-c5ff-012f-8289-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1923: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Oh boy what joy we had in barefoot days" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1923. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-c2c2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Oh boy what joy we had in barefoot days" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-c2c2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1923). Oh boy what joy we had in barefoot days Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-c2c2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Oh boy what joy we had in barefoot days