I've Got the Shimmee Blues : Novelty Song

Composer

Harry De Costa

Files

Preferred Citation

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

Cover Illustration

Man and woman dancing; Wavey lines in background and orange pebble-like drawings for floor

First Line of Song

Look at me and you'll see somebody who's as blue as blue can be

First Line of Chorus

'Cause I've got an awful case of Shimme Blues

Lyricist

De Costa, Harry, 1885-1964

Subjects

Blues. ; Songs with piano. ; Blues (Music) Vocal scores with piano; Music by African American composers

Publication Date

1919

Publisher

New York : M. Whitmark & Sons.

Performance Medium

Piano; voice

Music Genre

Blues

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score (4 p.) ; 32 cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278009345491

Digital ID#

009345491-1919

Location of Original

Box 3, Folder 3, Piece 19

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.