“It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1912
name: label: composer
content: Williams, Harry
label: composer
content: Judge, Jack
label: publisher
content: Chappell-Harms Inc.
label: publisher
content: Chappell and Co. Ltd.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “It’s A Long Long Way to Tipperary.” The song was written and composed by Jack Judge and Harry Williams. The song was published by Chappell and Co. Ltd. in the United States, but by B. Feldman & Co. in all other countries. The cover features an image of an Irish soldier marching in full battle regalia. The soldier is called Tommy Atkins, a generic term for a soldier in the British Army. The sheet music was “Courtesy of Leslie’s Weekly,” a weekly illustrated newspaper published in the U.S.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Sheet Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Janice Plowman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0736.05
label: accession number
content: 1982.0736
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0736.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 5/8 in x 9 1/4 in; 32.0675 cm x 23.495 cm