“You'll Never Miss Your Mother Till She's Gone”
date: label: publsihing date
content: 1885
name: label: composer; lyricist
content: Birch, Harry
label: publisher
content: White, Smith, and Company
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “You’ll Never Miss Your Mother Till She’s Gone“ was written by Harry Birch, and published by White, Smith, and Company of Boston, Massachusetts in 1885. The cover features an image of a forlorn man reclining against a tombstone, with an image of his mother knitting in her chair above.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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 C. Malcolm Watkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1154.24
label: accession number
content: 1979.1154
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1154.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: leaflet
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: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm