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Up on the "Beaver" back on the "Bear"

Alternative Title
  • Up on the Beaver, back on the Bear
Creator
Illustrator
Lyricist
Issued
  • 1915
Description
  • "Words by Roger Lewis, music by Ernie Erdman, writer of "hits" "I'm a long way from Tipperary," "Down at the barbecue" etc"--Cover "That's the way to travel;"--Cover
  • Inside from cover and back cover with advertisements and excerpts from additional songs available from Will Rossiter
  • several burn holes in score
Cover Description
  • Drawing of steamships
  • photograph of Lyle La Pine
  • Second line of chorus quoted at top "You heard me say the Beaver, you hear me say the Bear"
  • Artist signature in lower left
  • in red, blue, and black ink
First Line
  • The "Beaver" is a steamer, so is the "Bear"
First Line Chorus
  • I go up on the "Beaver," and back on the "Bear"
Instrumentation
  • Song for voice and piano
Subject
Work Type
Physical Extent
  • 3 p.; color; 36 cm.
Copyright Claimant
  • Will Rossiter
Identifier
  • Up_On_the_Beaver_Back_On_the_Bear
Shelf Location
  • Music ShColl 016320
Copy Location
  • University of Oregon Knight Library, Music Services Section
Publisher
Publication Place
Exhibit
  • Oregon music
Institution
Submission Date
  • 04/11/2014
Modified
  • 10/20/2023
Collections

APA

Historic Sheet Music Collection, University of Oregon. (24 Apr 2024). Up on the "Beaver" back on the "Bear" Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/r494vk17h

MLA

Historic Sheet Music Collection, University of Oregon. "Up on the "Beaver" back on the "Bear"" Oregon Digital. 24 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/r494vk17h

Chicago

Historic Sheet Music Collection, University of Oregon. "Up on the "Beaver" back on the "Bear"" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-24. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/r494vk17h

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/r494vk17h | title= Up on the "Beaver" back on the "Bear" |author= |accessdate= 2024-04-24 |publisher= Rossiter, Will, 1867-1954}}
Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Erdman, Ernie, 1879-1946 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98101458
2 Starmer http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98132927
3 Lewis, Roger, 1885-1948 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb99190417
4 Beaver (Steamship) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/subject/BeaverSteamship
5 Bear (Steamship) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/subject/BearSteamship
6 La Pine, Lyle http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/subject/LaPineLyle
7 sheet music http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026430
8 Rossiter, Will, 1867-1954 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80113603
9 Chicago >> Chicago >> Cook County >> Illinois >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/4887398/
10 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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