"The Admiral's Broom"

sheet music

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & SHEET MUSIC
Weatherly, Frederic E.; Bevan, Frederick; Enoch & Sons; Henderson & Spalding Ltd.
England, London
paper
12-1/4 x 10 in.

Sheet music, "The Admiral's Broom"; words by Frederic E. Weatherly; music by Frederick Bevan; published by Enoch & Sons, Ltd., London [n.d.]; printed by Henderson & Spalding Ltd., London; signature lower right "Enoch & Sons Ltd"; cover in various typefaces and scrolls; refers to story that the Dutch Admiral Tromp, after defeating the English in a battle of the first Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654), hoisted a broom to the masthead to sweep the sea of the English (see Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, p 112, 892; 5 pages.

2001.9.1