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She was once my wife

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American popular songs

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Sheet music, 1899

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Title
She was once my wife
Additional title: A happy home I gave the girl who was my loving wife. [first line of song]
Names
Long, Charles V. (Composer)
Browning, W. E. (Lyricist)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1899

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1899
Place: New York
Publisher: F.A. Mills
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
Death
Temptation
Desertion
Runaway wives
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: On cover: A great ballad. Sung with great success by [includes a list of 17 individual or group performers].
Content: Summary: An abandoned husband recalls the happy times with his wife and how she left him and their child for the temptations of another man; the good times with the other man were short lived for he turned her away and she fell into a life of vice, eventually dying; nevertheless, the first husband will always love her.
Statement of responsibility: words by W.E. Browning ; music by Chas. V. Long.
Physical Description
Extent: 6 p. ; 36 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10826013
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21736880
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21738653
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8d1f9610-c595-012f-25c6-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1899: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "She was once my wife" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96465fe1-32e8-2048-e040-e00a180621b5

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "She was once my wife" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96465fe1-32e8-2048-e040-e00a180621b5

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). She was once my wife Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96465fe1-32e8-2048-e040-e00a180621b5

Wikipedia Citation

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She was once my wife