Snap your fingers and away you go

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G00C104_001

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Title

Snap your fingers and away you go

Collection

Names

Jerome, William, 1865-1932 (Lyricist)
Buck, Gene (Illustrator)
Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1912
Place: New York
Publisher: H. Von Tilzer

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: Music (Sheet) 00-349

Subjects

Songs
Blackface entertainers

Genres

Scores

Notes

Content: As introduced by Al Jolson at the Winter Garden--Cover.
Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover illustrated by Gene Buck.
Content: Cover photograph of Al Jolson, in blackface.
Content: First line of chorus: Snap your fingers and away you go.
Content: First line of text: Oh, honey, honey, oh, honey, honey, that sure is some band.
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 William Jerome ; music by Harry Von Tilzer.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (4 p.) : ill. ; 35 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG00-C104
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14693464
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 57bb5250-c642-012f-3dca-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Snap your fingers and away you go" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1912. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/57bb5250-c642-012f-3dca-58d385a7bc34

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1912). Snap your fingers and away you go Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/57bb5250-c642-012f-3dca-58d385a7bc34

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Snap your fingers and away you go" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/57bb5250-c642-012f-3dca-58d385a7bc34

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