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I've lost my teddy bear

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Image ID

G00C33_001


Item data

Title

I've lost my teddy bear

Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)
Sheet music, 1908.

Names

Cole, Bob, 1868-1911 (Lyricist)
Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1908
Place: New York
Publisher: J.W. Stern

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Miss innocence, 1908?)

Subjects

Songs

Genres

Sheet Music
Scores

Notes

Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Content: Anna Held in Miss innocence, direction of F. Ziegfeld Jr.--Printed on cover above photograph, by Street & Smith, of Anna Held.
Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover illustrated by Jenkins.
Content: First line of chorus: I have lost my teddy bear.
Content: First line of text: I used to sing a song about a little teddy bear.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Statement Of Responsibility: lyric by Bob Cole ; music by Bob Cole and Rosamond Johnson.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (4 p.) : ill. ; 36 cm.
Covers separated and repaired with tape; edges worn.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG00-C33
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14693527
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bdfd50f0-c5fe-012f-60c2-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "I've lost my teddy bear" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1908. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bdfd50f0-c5fe-012f-60c2-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1908). I've lost my teddy bear Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bdfd50f0-c5fe-012f-60c2-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "I've lost my teddy bear" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bdfd50f0-c5fe-012f-60c2-58d385a7bc34

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