If only you were mine
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Item data
Title
If only you were mine
Collection
American popular songs
Sheet music, 1899
Names
Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936 (Lyricist)
Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924 (Composer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1899
Place: New York ; [etc.]
Publisher: M. Witmark & Sons
Library Location
Subjects
Songs
Love
Interpersonal relations
Genres
Notes
Content: Signature of former owner on cover: Crosby [?]
Content: On cover: sung by Miss Lucille Saunders ; as produced by the Alice Nielsen Opera Co. at The Casino, New York.
Statement Of Responsibility: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by Victor Herbert.
Date: Copyright date: 1899
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): cd7f74d0-c594-012f-0fb9-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1899
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MLA format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. "If only you were mine" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd7f74d0-c594-012f-0fb9-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). If only you were mine Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd7f74d0-c594-012f-0fb9-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. "If only you were mine" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd7f74d0-c594-012f-0fb9-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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