Content: On cover: As sung in the Rays' howling success Hot old time."
Content: Summary: Using stereotyped language and imagery, the narrator describes the joy he has while playing a banjo.
Content: Cover design includes 2 drawings of an older balding man, one with a stern expression, the other with a smiling expression.
Content: Dedication on cover: Dedicated to Daphne.
Statement Of Responsibility: words and music by Samuel H. Speck.

Physical Description

Extent: 4 p. ; 36 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21736880
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21738653
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6d3d05e0-c595-012f-0891-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1899

Cite this item

MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Playing on de golden strings" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d3d05e0-c595-012f-0891-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). Playing on de golden strings Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d3d05e0-c595-012f-0891-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Playing on de golden strings" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d3d05e0-c595-012f-0891-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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