Bill Bailey, Won't You Please----Come Home?

Composer

Hughie Cannon

Files

Preferred Citation

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

Cover Illustration

circular photos of a woman crying and a man smiling; photo inset of Fannie Midgeley.

First Line of Song

On one summer's day, Sun was shining fine, The lady love of old Bill Bailey was hanging clothes on de line

First Line of Chorus

Won't you come home, Bill Bailey, won't you come home?

Subjects

Piano music.; Ragtime Music; Popular music United States.

Publication Date

1902

Publisher

New York : Howley, Haviland, & Dresser.

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

Minstrel

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score (8 p.) ; 36 cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278009346853

Digital ID#

009346853-1902

Location of Original

Box 5, Folder 2, Piece 5

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.