“Honey! You'se Ma Lady Love”
date: label: publishing
content: 1897
name: label: performer
content: Maxwell & Simpson
label: composer; lyricist
content: Mann, Nat D.
label: publisher
content: M. Witmark & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: The sheet music for the song “Honey! You’se Ma Lady Love “was written and composed by Nathaniel D. Mann, and published by M. Witmark and Sons, in New York, New York, in 1897. The song was “sung and illustrated with Great Success by Maxwell and Simpson,” in their vaudeville act. The cover features an image of a young male playing the banjo to his adoring girl on the fence of a watermelon patch, while a smiling crescent moon looks down on them.
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 C. Malcolm Watkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1154.16
label: accession number
content: 1979.1154
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1154.16
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: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm