BEIN JWJ -V4 M835 D757 Copy 1: Variant with photographic portrait of Violette Villiers & Wagner May.

BEIN JWJ -V4 M835 D757 Copy 2: Imperfect: final two unnumbered pages wanting. Variant with photographic portrait of Geo. Epps. Stamp: S.S. Wells sheet music dep't., Sherman, Clay & Co. ... Stockton, Cal.

For voice and piano.

Caption title: Down in jungle town : a monkey ditty / words by Edward Madded ; music by Theodore Morse.

Illustrated title page: Grass huts and palm trees with inset photographs of Edward Madden, Theodore Morse, and performer(s) ; illustrators initials bottom right-hand corner "E. P.C."

At least two variants exist. One variant has inset photographic portrait of Geo. Epps on illustrated title page. Another variant has inset photographic portrait of Violette Villiers & Wagner May on illustrated title page.

Publisher's advertisements on 3 unnumbered pages at end. Advertising includes musical incipits for other F.B. Haviland publications.

Staff notation.

First line of text: Down in jungle town, the moon shone down

First line of chorus: Down in jungle town, a honeymoon is coming soon

1901 > 1910

Popular music > United States > 1901-1910.

Baboons > Songs and music.

Courtship > Songs and music.

Monkeys > Songs and music.

African Americans > Songs and music.

African Americans > Pictorial works.

Music.

Pictorial works.

Sheet music.

Publishers' advertisements.

Songs.

Popular music.

Scores.

Booksellers' stamps (Provenance)

Sherman Clay & Co., bookseller.

United States New York (State) New York.