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I wish there was a wireless to heaven.

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Date

1922

Authors

White, Willy [composer]
Manuel Joe [lyricist]
White, Harry [lyricist]

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

New York : Fred Fisher Inc., 1922.

Abstract

Description

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.
Piano vocal [instrumentation]
While other children listened on the wireless telephone [first line]
I wish there wa a wireless to heaven [first line of chorus]
E flat major [key]
Molto moderato [tempo]
Popular song [form/genre]
Girl, radio, picture of woman; Bernard & Garry (photograph) [illustration]
Publisher's advertisement on front inside cover & back cover [note]

Keywords

Mother, Death, Sorrow

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