Why Can't You

Composer

Al Jolson
Buddy Gard De Sylva
Lew Buford Brown
Roy Henderson

Files

Preferred Citation

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

Cover Illustration

Photographs of 5 men with different facial expressions; Orange and white design in background

First Line of Song

You mat declare life is unfair

First Line of Chorus

Violets from tiny seeds

Illustrator/Artist

Wohlman, Sol

Lithographer/Printer

New York: De Sylva, Brown and Henderson Inc.

Publication Date

1929

Publisher

New York: De Sylva, Brown and Henderson Inc.

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

Popular

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score; (6 p.); 30 cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Alternate Print Versions

32278011723958

Physical ID#

32278011723610

Digital ID#

011723610-1929

Location of Original

Box 106; Folder 2; Piece 3

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.