Song Collection

Carol singers
People You See. From Teddy Bear (17 December 1966)

Come lasses and lads. Traditional English song. Date: circa 1904

The village blacksmith. Traditional English song. Date: circa 1904

Nancy Lee. Traditional English song. Date: circa 1904

WW2 music cover -- The Army, The Navy and the Air Force
Music cover, Dedicated to/ the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, words and music by Herman Darewski and Edward Lockton. Published by Keith Prowse and Company Limited, London

Nursery Rhymes -- Men of Gotham, bakers shop
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Three Wise Men of Gotham went to sea in a bowl, and if the bowl had been stronger, my song would have been longer

Satirical cartoon, raising a balloon
Satirical cartoon, Moyen infaillible d enlever les Ballons -- a group of commedia dell arte characters trying to raise a balloon on a wooden frame. circa 18th century

Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet music
The Daily Mirror newspaper for 16 April 1912, together with magazines and sheet music relating to the sinking of the Titanic. Date: 1912

Programme for Bon Ton at the Trocadero
Programme cover for Charles B. Cochrans Bon Ton, song and dance show, at the Torcadero Grill Room, London (August 1925- February 1926) 1925

Do you ever hear the fairies? You can hear them if you will, singing little songs of dream, when all the house is still. 20th century

Picture No. 10508200
Anon 2. Sing a song of sixpence

Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie... 20th century

Music cover, At a Perfume Counter on the Rue de la Paix

Evert Taube statue, Goteborg, Sweden

Advertisement -- We are the Ovaltineys. A girl and a boy sing the Ovaltineys song: We are the Ovaltineys, little girls and boys, At games or sports we re more than keen

Heart-shaped Valentines card, girl with lute
A heart-shaped Valentines card, showing a girl playing a lute. My song shall be of love for thee, to my Valentine. circa late 19th century

Tom Tom The Pipers Son
Tom Tom the pipers son stole a pig and away he run Illustration of a boy with a black pig under his arm, running away pursued by dogs and people

Little Boy Blue, Come blow your horn, The sheeps in the meadow, The cows in the corn; An illustration depicting a boy dressed in blue and wearing a tricorn hat

Music cover, Bill Haleys Rock and Roll Hits

Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wife could eat no lean. And so between them both, you see, They licked the platter clean

Song sheet cover, Les Baigneuses de Cucurron, showing three women bathing in a river, observed by three shocked clergymen. 19th century

Two Turtle Doves
On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Two Turtle Doves

The Cats Choir
A Merry Christmas to You. Illustration depicting a carol-singing choir of cats and kittens, dressed in clothes and being conducted by another cat. c. 1900

Just a song at twilight by Florence Hardy
An elegant gentleman serenades a lady who sits in her chair and listens politely. c.1914

Scottish troops on New Years Day, WW1
Scottish troops enjoying a sing-song on the Western Front on New Years Day, World War One. Several of the men are playing bagpipes. circa 1916

Cute kitten singing Mewsic -- Moonlight Song by De Pussy

The Bailiffs Daughter of Islington. A traditional song. Date: 1902

Lass of Richmond Hill, scene from a traditional song. Date: 1902

Childen in the playground of a Leicestershire school
A group of children dancing in a circle in the playground of Thorpe Acre Infants School in Loughborough, Leicestershire. They are singing " Here sits poor Sally on the sand". Date: 1963

The fairies will have gathered in the forest very soon (Fairy Song). 1920s

Wednesdays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Thursdays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Tuesdays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Fridays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Saturdays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Three wise men of Gotham went to sea in a bowl, if the bowl had been stronger, my song would have been longer. 20th century

Mondays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Sundays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

BONE-YARD MELODIES
Four puppies dressed as humans, singing Bone-yard Melodies together. Date: early 1930s

Christmas is coming by Cecil Aldin
Christmas is coming the geese are getting fat Please to put a penny in the old mans hat If you haven t got a penny a ha penny will do If you haven t got a ha penny God bless you Father Christmas sits

Music cover, Gershwins Embraceable You
Music cover for George Gershwins Embraceable You, from the film Rhapsody in Blue. circa 1940s

Music cover, Cleo, by Roberts and Callahan
Music cover for a song entitled Cleo, with music by Lees Roberts and words by J Will Callahan. Showing a Cleopatra figure reclining on a couch. Published by Forster Music of Chicago. 1919

Sing me an English Song by Florence Hardy
An elegant 18th century couple sit together on a sofa. A gentleman in a frock coat and wig listens intently while his lady companion plays the lute. c.1914

Christmas Carol Singer
Charming illustration showing a young girl wearing a red, cloche hat singing angelically from a book of Christmas carols. Date: December 1926

A young girl feeds the birds
A young girl in a pretty pink dress, kneels next to a tree stump and feeds a host of small garden birds out of her hand. Ink drawing with watercolour washes by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

A Song Thrush amid the Holly
A Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) amid the Holly. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

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