02663ccm a2200421Ia 4500 20120619125201.0 kj co| 010424s1871 enkppa n eng d H & C. 2180 Hopwood & Crew (OCoLC)ocm46880318 (DSI)BLSM0671 EQO EQO OCLCG SMI SMI* okra 20120619 Landauer sheet music project M1 .B4 Egerton, Frank W. cmp lyr prf I wish that I could fly / written & composed [and also sung] by F.W. Egerton ; sung ... by George Leybourne ; [arranged by M. Hobson]. First line of text: I once was very happy but I'm now so very sad First line of chorus: I only wish that I could take and fly fly fly London (42 New Bond St. W.) : Hopwood & Crew, [ca. 1871] 1 score (5 p.) ; 36 cm. For voice and piano. Illustrated t.p. features a portrait of George Leybourne. Signed "Alfred Concanen, del." Publisher's advertisement on verso of p. 5 for "Latest comic songs, as sung by the leading comic singers, and introduced in all the burlesques of the day": Shy, shy, dreadfully shy / sung by Leybourne. I fancy I've seen you before / sung by Coyne. On the parade ; Girl what I calls mine / sung by Vance. Bold fisherman ; Gymnastic wife ; Mother says I mustn't / sung by Leybourne. Who'd be the Prince of Wales? / sung by French. Cock-a-doodle-do / sung by E. Righton. Courting in the rain / sung by A. St. Vincent. Strolling on the sands ; After me ; Awfully clever ; I wish that I could fly / sung by Leybourne. Billy Johnson's ball / sung by Coyne. After the opera ; If ever I cease to love / sung by Leybourne. Old Brown's daughter ; Afternoon crawl / sung by Vance. A starry night for a ramble / sung by Bagnall. That's where you make the mistake / sung by Leybourne. Leybourne, George, 1842-1884 Portraits. Songs with piano. Popular music England To 1901. Humorous songs. Separation (Psychology) Songs and music. Men 1870-1880. lctgm Entertainers England 1870-1880. lctgm Sheet music covers 1870-1880. gmgpc Sheet music British 1870-1880. aat Advertisements British 1870-1880. gmgpc Leybourne, George, 1842-1884. prf Hobson, M. (Martin) arr Concanen, Alfred. ill Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI nasm nasmrb lc rare i