Sheet Music Collection

Composer

Harry Akst

Files

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Cover Illustration

Illustration of house and steam boat

First Line of Song

Ain't this world a weary place to live in?

First Line of Chorus

Away down south my heart am 'way down south

Lyricist

Young, Joe, 1889-1939; Lewis, Sam M., 1885-1959

Arranger

Grant, Charles N., 1887-1937

Publication Date

1922

Publisher

New York : Irving Berlin, Inc.

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

Popular

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score; (6 p.); 31 cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278011498783

Digital ID#

011498783-1922

Location of Original

Box 94; Folder 4; Piece 29

Repository

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

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights Management

Item Unavailable Due to Copyright Restrictions

Contact Information

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

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