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The Yankee Doodle boy

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Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)

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Sheet music, 1904.

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Title
The Yankee Doodle boy
Additional title: Little Johnny Jones. Yankee Doodle boy. Vocal score.
Names
Hirt (Illustrator)
Cohan, George M. (George Michael), 1878-1942 (Composer)
Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)

Sheet music, 1904.

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1904
Place: New York
Publisher: F.A. Mills
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Little Johnny Jones, 1904)
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: Cover illustrated by Hirt.
Content: Cover photograph cameo of Geo. M. Cohan.
Content: First line of text: I'm the kid that's all the candy.
Content: First line of chorus: I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Content: For voice and piano.
Content: George M. Cohan wrote, composed, directed, and starred in Little Johnny Jones, his first major Broadway success. Originally produced in Oct. 1904, the musical was performed for many years throughout the United States, being most recently revived in the 1980's.
Content: Music
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: One of the musical hits from Geo. M. Cohan's latest play 'Little Johnny Jones'--Cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: [words and music by] Geo. M. Cohan.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 score (7 p.) : ill. ; 36 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG98-C154
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14326406
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b4ad9aa0-c5fe-012f-0482-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1904: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The Yankee Doodle boy" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1904. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-4d63-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The Yankee Doodle boy" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-4d63-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1904). The Yankee Doodle boy Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-4d63-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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The Yankee Doodle boy