Content: Additional lyrics on p. 5.
Content: As introduced by Eddie Foy in Klaw & Erlanger's great production 'Mr. Bluebeard'--Cover.
Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover illustrated by Starmer.
Content: Cover photographs of Eddie Foy, lyricist William Jerome, and composer Jean Schwartz.
Content: First line of chorus: I'm a poor unhappy maid.
Content: First line of text: Behold a poor unhappy maid.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement Of Responsibility: words by William Jerome ; music by Jean Schwartz.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 vocal score (3 p.) : ill. ; 36 cm.
Center seam torn; edges frayed and torn; corner repaired with tape.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C863
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14693339
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): adf778c0-c5fe-012f-4234-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "I'm a poor unhappy maid" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1903. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/adf778c0-c5fe-012f-4234-58d385a7bc34

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