Printed Ephemera — 1885
I don't like London
Sheet music for the music hall song 'I don't like London' with lyrics by T. S. Lonsdale and music by by W. G. Eaton. The song, popularised by the music hall artiste T. W. Barrett, includes the lyrics 'I hadn't been in London for more than five minutes before I was knocked down by an omnibus, kissed by a girl, and locked up by a policeman'.
The colour lithographed cover depicts the singer dressed in a raincoat holding an umbrella.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 2001.32/20
- Object name:
- I don't like London
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Concanen, Alfred
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- Related places:
City of Westminster, 195 Oxford Street, London [City of Westminster]
- Production date:
- 1885
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 360 mm, W 260 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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