There's only one girl in all New York
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Title
There's only one girl in all New York
Collection
American popular songs
Sheet music, 1899
Names
Starr, Hattie (Composer)
Starr, George (Lyricist)
McWatters, Arthur (Singer)
Tyson, Grace (Singer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1899
Place: Chicago ; New York
Publisher: Windsor Music Co.
Library Location
Subjects
Songs
Marriage proposals
Women -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.) -- 1890-1899
Marches (Voice with piano)
Sexual attraction
Genres
Notes
Content: Cover design includes drawing of a woman standing with buildings in the background.
Content: On cover: Sung with striking success by McWatters and Tyson. Cover includes photograph of Arthur McWatters and Grace Tyson.
Content: Descriptive subtitle on cover: A striking march song.
Content: Summary: Nettie is the woman everyone admires, no matter what she does or wears; the narrator goes to hear Nettie sing, asks her to marry him, and she said so, so he's overjoyed.
Statement Of Responsibility: words by George Starr ; music by Hattie Starr.
Physical Description
Extent: 6 p. ; 35 cm.
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21736880
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21738653
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b38eb520-c595-012f-e0f4-58d385a7bc34
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1899
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MLA format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. "There's only one girl in all New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b38eb520-c595-012f-e0f4-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). There's only one girl in all New York Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b38eb520-c595-012f-e0f4-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. "There's only one girl in all New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b38eb520-c595-012f-e0f4-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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