"Steamboat Bill"

sheet music

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & SHEET MUSIC
Shields, Ren; Leighton Bros.; Mills, F. A.
USA
1910
paper
13-1/2 x 10-1/2 in.

Sheet music; "Steamboat Bill"; written in G-major for piano and voice; copyright 1910 by F. A. Mills, Inc.; words by Ren Shields, music by Leighton Brothers; cover lithograph depicts sailor in pilothouse at wheel, viewing sternwheel steamer in distance; lyrics describe pilot Steamboat Bill's tragic attempt to beat speed record of Mississippi River sidewheel steamer ROBERT E. LEE; one loose page between loose covers. Identical to 1997.7.1.

1997.113.3