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Little rover : (don't forget to come back home)

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

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Sheet music, 1923

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Title
Little rover : (don't forget to come back home)
Additional title: Make it snappy. Little rover. Vocal score.
Names
Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.) (Photographer)
Donaldson, Walter, 1893-1947 (Composer)
Wohlman, Sol (Artist)
Kahn, Gus, 1886-1941 (Lyricist)
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: Shapiro, Bernstein
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Make it snappy, 1922)
Topics
Blackface entertainers
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: Caption title.
Content: First line of refrain: Little rover, think it over.
Content: First line of text: Good advice is easy to give.
Content: For voice and piano.
Content: Introduced with sensational success by Eddie Cantor in Messrs. Lee & J.J. Shubert's production 'Make it Snappy'--Cover.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: lyric by Gus Kahn ; music by Walter Donaldson.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (3 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C315
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14533111
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f9a8eda0-c5ff-012f-ae71-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1923: Created
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Little rover : (don't forget to come back home)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1923. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-c338-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Little rover : (don't forget to come back home)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-c338-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1923). Little rover : (don't forget to come back home) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-c338-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Little rover : (don't forget to come back home)