I'd Leave Ma Happy Home For You

Composer

Harry von Tilzer

Files

Preferred Citation

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

Cover Illustration

Illustration of woman with 'oo' coming from her mouth; Photograph of Sisters Revere

First Line of Song

A gal I knew, a nice gal too, 'till someone told her she knew how to act

First Line of Chorus

I'd leave ma happy home for you oo, oo, oo, oo, You're de nicest man I ever knew

Subjects

Minstrel Music ; Songs with piano. ; African Americans Songs and music. ; Popular music United States ; African American composers

Publication Date

1899

Publisher

New York : Shapiro, Bernstein and Von Tilzer

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

Minstrel

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score (6 p.) ; 36 cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278009352398

Digital ID#

009352398-1899

Location of Original

Box 6, Folder 3, Piece 6

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.