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My melancholy baby

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Date

1912

Authors

Burnett, Ernie [composer]
Norton, George A. [lyricist]
Beard, Billy [performer]

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Memphis : Theron C. Bennett Co., 1912.

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Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.
new song success by the writers of "sing me a song of the south", "let me really live tonight, sweetheart", "that's gratitude", "tomorrow" etc. etc. ; as sung by Billy Beard "the party from the south" ; and many popular ballad readers [note]
Piano vocal [instrumentation]
Come sweetheart mine, don't sit and pine [first line]
Come to me, my melancholy baby [first line of chorus]
E flat [key]
Moderato [tempo]
Popular song [form/genre]
Flowers ; Billy Beard (photograph) [illustration]
Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note]
Music score for chorus in march time on inside back cover [note]

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