Product Description
Antique World War 1 era sheet music with lyrics from 1919 for the song Little French Mother, Good Bye! by composer Jack Caddigan and lyricist Chick Story. Popular edition, published by Leo Feist Inc, New York.
The cover art is by famed American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell and is one of only three sheet music cover illustrations by Rockwell.
The song tells the story of an American soldier returning home after WW1 and saying goodbye to the French woman who "mothered" him while he has in France fighting.
Jack Caddigan and Chick Story also wrote such songs as: Rose of No Man's Land, Salvation Lassie of Mine, and In The Old Sweet Way.
The sheet music booklet is 11" x 8" (279mm x 203mm). The booklet has 2 pages of music (plus the front and back covers).
Condition: the sheet music's cover is in overall nice looking condition but it shows some wear and has several small tears. There are one inch tears at the top and base of the spine, there is a 1 inch tear on the bottom edge, and a 1 inch tear on the right edge. There is also a name written in pencil at the top of the front cover (see photos).
Product Description
Antique World War 1 era sheet music with lyrics from 1919 for the song Little French Mother, Good Bye! by composer Jack Caddigan and lyricist Chick Story. Popular edition, published by Leo Feist Inc, New York.
The cover art is by famed American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell and is one of only three sheet music cover illustrations by Rockwell.
The song tells the story of an American soldier returning home after WW1 and saying goodbye to the French woman who "mothered" him while he has in France fighting.
Jack Caddigan and Chick Story also wrote such songs as: Rose of No Man's Land, Salvation Lassie of Mine, and In The Old Sweet Way.
The sheet music booklet is 11" x 8" (279mm x 203mm). The booklet has 2 pages of music (plus the front and back covers).
Condition: the sheet music's cover is in overall nice looking condition but it shows some wear and has several small tears. There are one inch tears at the top and base of the spine, there is a 1 inch tear on the bottom edge, and a 1 inch tear on the right edge. There is also a name written in pencil at the top of the front cover (see photos).