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When my baby smiles at me

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g98c127_001


Item data

Title

When my baby smiles at me

Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)
Sheet music, 1920.

Names

Barbelle, 1888-1957 (Illustrator)
Sterling, Andrew B., 1874-1955 (Lyricist)
Lewis, Ted, 1892-1971 (Lyricist)
Munro, Bill (Composer) (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1920
Place: New York
Publisher: H. Von Tilzer

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Greenwich Village follies, 1920)

Subjects

Songs

Genres

Sheet Music
Scores

Notes

Content: Caption title.
Content: As sung with terrific success by Ted Lewis in The Greenwich Village Follies, N.Y.--Cover.
Content: Cover illustrated by Barbelle.
Content: Cover photograph of Ted Lewis? performing in front of costumed instrumentalists.
Content: First line of chorus: For when my baby smiles at me.
Content: First line of text: My baby's eyes are blue.
Content: For voice and piano.
Content: Library copy imperfect; center fold taped.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement Of Responsibility: words by Andrew B. Sterling and Ted Lewis ; music by Bill Munro.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (5 p.) : ill. ; 32 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG98-C127
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14527961
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7e9c0210-c5ff-012f-a4ef-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "When my baby smiles at me" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1920. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e9c0210-c5ff-012f-a4ef-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1920). When my baby smiles at me Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e9c0210-c5ff-012f-a4ef-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "When my baby smiles at me" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e9c0210-c5ff-012f-a4ef-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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