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I'm goin' south : fox trot song

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g99c262_003


Item data

Title

I'm goin' south : fox trot song

Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)
Sheet music, 1923

Names

Silver, Abner, 1899-1966 (Composer)
Peyton, Strauss (Photographer)
Breen, May Singhi (Arranger)
Woods, Harry, 1896-1970 (Lyricist)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1923
Place: New York
Publisher: M. Witmark

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Bombo, 1922)

Subjects

Songs

Genres

Sheet Music
Scores

Notes

Content: First line of refrain: Yes sir! I'm goin' south.
Content: First line of text: It's just an old story.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Written for and sung with great success by Al Jolson--Cover.
Content: Scored for ukelele in D.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement Of Responsibility: words and music by Abner Silver and Harry Woods ; ukelele arrangement by May Singhi Breen.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 vocal score (3 p.) : ill. ; 32 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C262
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14530135
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f4d29950-c5ff-012f-e28c-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'm goin' south : fox trot song" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1923. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f4d29950-c5ff-012f-e28c-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1923). I'm goin' south : fox trot song Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f4d29950-c5ff-012f-e28c-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "I'm goin' south : fox trot song" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f4d29950-c5ff-012f-e28c-58d385a7bc34

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