When You're Wearing the Ball and Chain

Composer

Victor Herbert

Files

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Charles H. Templeton, Sr. sheet music collection. Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Cover Illustration

Illustration of woman's head bordered by flowers

First Line of Song

Bachelors don't learn a bit of sense, From their married friends' experience!

First Line of Chorus

For when you've got the ball and chain around your ankle And the stoney hearted jailer is your wife,

Lyricist

Blossom, Henry, 1866-1919

Illustrator/Artist

Starmer, William A. (William Austin), b. 1872; Starmer, Frederick S., b. 1879

Subjects

Songs with Piano.

Publication Date

1914

Publisher

New York : M. Witmark & Sons

Performance Medium

Voice; Piano

Music Genre

Show Tunes

Featured In

The Passing Show of 1912

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score (5p.) ; 27 x 35cm

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278009977327

Digital ID#

009977327-1914

Location of Original

Box 52B, Folder 2B

Repository

Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, e-mail sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.