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    1. [nz] Music score late 1800's - "Willie's such a tease"
    2. Glennis Austin
    3. 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

    04/30/2014 03:35:41