“Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (for Her Daddy Over There)”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1918
name: label: lyricist
content: Lewis, Sam M.
label: lyricist
content: Young, Joe
label: composer
content: Jerome, Maurice Kraus
label: publisher
content: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (for Her Daddy Over There).” The song was written by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young, and the music was composed by M.K. Jerome. The sheet music was published by Waterson, Berlin and Snyder Co. of New York, New York in 1918. The cover features an illustration of a young girl kneeling on her bed in prayer, which is signed by Barbelle.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The cover art for this sheet music was made by American artist and designer Albert Wilfred Barbelle (1887-1957). With a prolific career spanning over forty years, Barbelle created cover art for sheet music and albums.</p>
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: Family & Social Life
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content: Religion
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0313.07
label: accession number
content: 1983.0313
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0313.07
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: 13 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 26.67 cm