Gypsy blues
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Title
Gypsy blues
Collection
Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)
Sheet music, 1921.
Names
Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975 (Lyricist)
Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 (Composer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1921
Place: New York
Publisher: M. Witmark
Library Location
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Shuffle along, 1921)
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Notes
Content: Book by Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyle--Cover.
Content: Caption title.
Content: First line of chorus: Now I've got the gypsy blues.
Content: First line of text: I was talking to a gypsy.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Shuffle Along, Inc. presents the New York musical novelty success Shuffle Along--Cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Content: Sung by the characters Jessie and Ruth.
Statement Of Responsibility: [words and music by] [Noble] Sissle and [Eubie] Blake.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (3 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C350
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14533201
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8b6b7000-c5ff-012f-f03b-58d385a7bc34
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Gypsy blues" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1921. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b6b7000-c5ff-012f-f03b-58d385a7bc34
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1921). Gypsy blues Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b6b7000-c5ff-012f-f03b-58d385a7bc34
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Gypsy blues" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b6b7000-c5ff-012f-f03b-58d385a7bc34
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