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Heaven will protect the working girl : (a burlesque ballad)

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

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Sheet music, 1909.

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Title
Heaven will protect the working girl : (a burlesque ballad)
Additional title: Tillie's nightmare. Heaven will protect the working girl. Vocal score.
Names
Smith, Edgar, 1857-1938 (Lyricist)
Starmer (Illustrator)
Sloane, A. Baldwin (Alfred Baldwin), 1872-1926 (Composer)
Collection

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

Sheet music, 1909.

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1909
Place: New York
Publisher: Chas. K. Harris
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Tillie's nightmare, 1909)
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: Caption title.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Cover illustrated by Starmer.
Content: First line of refrain: You are going far away.
Content: First line of text: A village girl was leaving home.
Content: For voice and piano.
Content: Mr. Lew Fields presents Marie Dressler in Tillie's nightmare--Cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: lyric by Edgar Smith ; music by A. Baldwin Sloane.
Date: Copyright date: 1909
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (3 p.) : ill. ; 35 cm.
Center seam torn; edges torn and frayed; some corners missing.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C841
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14679517
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c5ce87b0-c5fe-012f-2a40-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1857: Creator Born
  • 1909: Issued
  • 1938: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Heaven will protect the working girl : (a burlesque ballad)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1909. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-0179-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Heaven will protect the working girl : (a burlesque ballad)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-0179-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1909). Heaven will protect the working girl : (a burlesque ballad) Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-0179-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Heaven will protect the working girl : (a burlesque ballad)