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- Alternative Title
- Busy Mr. Bee
- Creator
- Illustrator
- Lyricist
- Issued
- 1907
- Description
- On cover: "Sam. S. and Lee Schubert's production of The top o' th' world, book by Mark E. Swan, lyrics by James O'Dea, music by Manuel Klein and Anna Caldwell"
- List titles on cover
- Caption: Lyric by James O'Dea, music by A. Payson Caldwell
- plate number: M.W.&SONS 7947
- Back cover reproduces first lines of music for "Beautiful
- home song successes": Love me, and the world is mine, Carissima, I'd live or I would die for you, Love dreams, Take me with you in your dreams, My dear, The door of hope, Sweet thoughts of home, Sleep and forget, As long as the world rolls on
- The color represented in the digital image may differ significantly from the original and may not contain annotations. For annotation information, please contact Music Services.
- Cover Description
- Polar bear and girl sitting atop orange globe with Northern Lights, crescent moon, and an airship in background
- orange and blue ink
- First Line
- There once was a little bee, whoo'er the flow'ry lea
- First Line Chorus
- Buzz, buzz, busy Mister Bee, but you can't come buzzing me
- Instrumentation
- Song for voice and piano
- Subject
- Work Type
- Physical Extent
- 5 p.
- Identifier
- BUSY MR BEE
- Shelf Location
- Music ShColl 008559
- Copy Location
- University of Oregon Knight Library, Music Services Section
- Publication Place
- Larger Work
- Top o' th' world
- Exhibit
- Women composers
- Institution
- Submission Date
- 04/11/2014
- Modified
- 10/20/2023
- Collections
APA
Historic Sheet Music Collection, University of Oregon. (02 May 2024). Busy Mister Bee Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/xk81jk36q
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Historic Sheet Music Collection, University of Oregon. "Busy Mister Bee" Oregon Digital. 02 May 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/xk81jk36q
Chicago
Historic Sheet Music Collection, University of Oregon. "Busy Mister Bee" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-05-02. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/xk81jk36q
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| Footer Number | Term | External URI |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caldwell, Anne, 1867-1936 | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no88005914 |
| 2 | E. K. | http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/EK |
| 3 | O'Dea, James, 1871-1914 | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97875394 |
| 4 | Sheet music | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004002338 |
| 5 | Popular music | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85088865 |
| 6 | sheet music | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026430 |
| 7 | New York >> New York >> United States | https://sws.geonames.org/5128581/ |
| 8 | University of Oregon | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183 |
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