Content: Cover drawing shows a man and woman seated on a veranda, shaded by a large umbrella, overlooking a lake. The Moon is winking an eye and smiling.
Content: Summary: In summer at Newport, the narrator, a girl, is impressed with a man who tells stories and calls himself an earl and feels love. But in winter the man turns out to be a drummer and uses the stories to sell goods.
Content: Descriptive subtitle on cover: Serio-comic novelty.
Statement Of Responsibility: words by M.E. Rourke ; music by Paul Cohn.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 35 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21757455
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aad8fe90-c591-012f-6407-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1896

Cite this item

MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "That's why the moon was smiling" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1896. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aad8fe90-c591-012f-6407-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1896). That's why the moon was smiling Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aad8fe90-c591-012f-6407-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "That's why the moon was smiling" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aad8fe90-c591-012f-6407-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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