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    1. Re: [nz] Music score late 1800's - "Willie's such a tease"
    2. Graham L Jones
    3. According to WorldCat a copy is available at: > 1. > > University of Cambridge > <http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/84973152?page=frame&url=http%3A%2F%2Ful-newton.lib.cam.ac.uk%2Fvwebv%2Fsearch%26checksum%3D42f3e94318574a5fce24796c5c3fe1a3&title=University+of+Cambridge&linktype=opac&detail=CUD%3AUniversity+of+Cambridge%3AAcademic+Library> > Cambridge University Library > > Cambridge, CB3 9DR United Kingdom > Cheers, Graham On 30/04/2014 9:35 a.m., Glennis Austin wrote: > Hi List > > Would anyone happen to have this music in their collection and be > prepared to scan/photograph a copy for me please? > > According to the WorldCat https://www.worldcat.org/ it is a serio comic > song for voice and piano. It was written in 1874 by Oswald Allen and > arranged by John Guest. "Willie's such a tease" is the chorus, but it > may also be named by its first line "Of all the tiresome men I know". > > A book being written about my great-great-grandparent's (Henry and Mary > Ann SMITH (nee SWAN)) arrival in NZ in 1874 contains a reference to my > great-grandmother planning to sing this at a concert in 1885, but the > Reverend's wife advised her not to! So I am rather curious as to the > words in this song, to be shared with the others involved in the writing > of this book. > > Many thanks > Kind regards > Glennis > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Graham Jones, 139 Hokianga Road, DARGAVILLE 0310 09-439-8519

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