Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI Search this
Physical description:
1 score (4, [1] pages) 37 cm
Type:
Songs and music
Advertisements
Sheet music covers
Sheet music
Place:
England
Date:
1897
To 1901
1890-1900
Notes:
"A new comic song by Bodine and Maywood. Author of 'Fly you blackbirds fly,' 'The deacon went astray' 'Doris, the village maiden,' &c"
For voice and piano
Words by Lester Bodine. Music by Geo. Maywood
Illustrated title page shows an upset looking man in the basket of a hot air balloon flying over a group of circus tents and a ferris wheel. Marked "H.G. Banks. Lith"
Melody and solfege for the song are printed on page [5], with the text for verses two and three below that
Publisher's advertisement on verso of page [5] shows a long list of "very latest and popular comic & other songs for smoking concerts &c"
