“My Mammy”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1918
name: label: lyricist
content: Young, Joe
label: composer
content: Donaldson, Walter
label: performer
content: Jolson, Al
label: lyricist
content: Lewis, Sam M.
label: publisher
content: Irving Berlin, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “My Mammy, The Sun Shines East-The Sun Shines West.” The lyrics were written by Joe Young and Sam Lewis and the music was composed by Walter Donaldson. The song was published by Irving Berlin, Inc. in 1918. The cover features a framed photo of Al Jolson in the center with floral arrangements on either side, and notes that Al Jolson sang it in the Broadway show “Sinbad.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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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: 1982.0736.07
label: accession number
content: 1982.0736
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0736.07
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: 12 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in; 31.115 cm x 23.495 cm