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Title	Why was I born ?
Description	The piece includes tabs for ukulele. On the cover : Arthur Hammerstein presents " Sweet Adeline ", a musical romance of the gay nineties. More information on the musical is available on the cover.
Composer	Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945
Lyricist	Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
Instrumentation	Voice and piano
Genre	Vocal Popular Music
Plate number	317 - 4
Place of publication	New York, N. Y.
Publishing company	T. B. Harms Co.
Date	1929
First line of lyrics	Spending these lonesome evenings with nothing to do but to live in dreams that I make up,
First line of refrain	Why was I born ? Why am I living ? What do I get ?
Language	eng
Subject	Songs with piano Songs with ukulele Popular music--United States--1921-1930 Loneliness--Songs and music Night--Songs and music Dreams--Songs and music Lovesickness--Songs and music Separation (Psychology)--Songs and music Pessimism--Songs and music Unrequited love--Songs and music Sadness--Songs and music
Cover image subject	Women Men Bubbles Leaves Dancers Flowers
Cover description	The cover is in red from the lower left to the upper right The lower half is white and then gray. Over the white section, which designates a spotlight, there is an illustration of a woman in a red dress dancing. There are bubbles floating above her head. Over the lower foreground, there is the back of a man visible as he watches her dance. Next to him there is a table set with champagne in an ice bucket. Cover information is in white and black.
Listen to a version of this piece (Gonzaga ID required)	Not available
Size of score, in cm	30. 2 X 23. 4
Physical description	1 score ( 5 p. )
Publisher of digital collection	Digital Collection Team
Location code	HW-11452R
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CONTENTdm file name	63137.jp2

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