The water pledge a temperate comicality, dedicated to Father Mathew and his disciples words by W.H.C. West ; music by W. West
Object Details
- Notes
- Illustrated title page depicts a priest handing out water from a pump with a large spoon, to a man in tattered clothes. A crowd of people is behind them. In the background are a closed brewery and distillery. Two fantastic flying machines are in the sky, one labeled "ginger" and the other, with a tea kettle hanging from it, "bohea." Lithograph signed "Madeley, del et litho; 3, Wellington St Strand"
- Other new song titles advertised at the bottom of each page
- Verses 3-7 printed as text on page [5]
- For voice and piano
- Also available online
- NASMRB copy mq1688648 has been trimmed
- Elecresource
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Date
- 183u
- To 1901
- 1830-1840
- Call number
- M1 .B4
- Author
- West, W
- Madeley, George Edward
- Mathew, Theobald 1790-1856
- West, W. H. C
- Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI
- Subject
- Mathew, Theobald 1790-1856
- Barclay, Perkins & Co
- Type
- Scores
- Portraits
- Pictorial works
- Songs and music
- Sheet music covers
- Sheet music
- Physical description
- 1 score (4, [1] pages) 34 cm
- Place
- England
- Great Britain
- Title
- Oh! the pledge the water pledge forever
- Teetotallers are rising high in public estimation
- Topic
- Humorous songs
- Popular music
- Songs with piano
- Temperance
- Water
- Crowds
- Fantastic aircraft
- Men
- Priests
- British
- Record ID
- siris_sil_982867
