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Sheet music for the song titled 'The veteran's song', with lyrics written by Frederic Edward Weatherly and music composed by Stephen Adams. This copy of the music is the 1911 edition of the music which was published by Boosey & Co and incorporated into an anthology of sheet music titled 'Australian YMCA Songs: Volume 1'. Inside the front cover is a full set of the typed lyrics. The back page shows a list of 'new and standard songs and ballads' published by Boosey & Co. The front cover features the autograph of Stephen Adams and there is also a stamp on the last page of the music stating that the sheet music was supplied by F Pitman Hart & Co, London. The lyrics of this song have been written from the perspective of a veteran who is in a wheelchair but wants to watch from the window as people are greeting the King in the street below. The song ends with the narrator repeating the King's words, recognising the veterans.
Frederic Weatherly and Stephen Adams are sometimes described as the Lennon and McCartney duo of their time. In addition to being a proliferate lyricist who is said to have written the lyrics for 3000 songs, Weatherly was also an author and a lawyer. Some of his most famous songs include 'The Holy City', 'Danny Boy' and 'Roses of Picardy'. Stephen Adams was the pseudonym used by Michael Maybrick, who composed many songs with Weatherly. Michael Maybrick was a music hall performer where he used his true name, and adopted the name of Stephen Adams for published musical works. As a child, his musical talents led to the role of a choirboy and he travelled to Leipzig and the Milan Conservatory when he became older. Adams possessed a baritone voice and started his career performing light opera before switching to ballads.
Souvenir program for a concert held during the First World War. This program is for a concert held by 1st Field Company Engineers on 25 April 1917. The concert featured instrumentals, recitations, car
Album of sheet music titled 'Australian Y.M.C.A songs Vol I', published about 1915. The album contains a collection of individual sheet music pieces for 20 popular songs issued by various London publi
Recording of the song titled, 'The veteran's song: long live the King', created as part of the Music and the First World War project. Lyrics written by Frederic Weatherly with music composed by Stephe
Sheet music for the song titled, 'Thora'. Lyrics written by Frederic Weatherly and music composed by Stephen Adams. This song was written in 1905 and published by the music publishers Boosey & Co, Lon
Recording of the song titled, 'The veteran's song: long live the King', created as part of the Music and the First World War project. Lyrics written by Frederic Weatherly with music composed by Stephe
Sheet music for the song titled, 'Friend O' Mine', with music composed by Wilfrid Ernest Sanderson and lyrics written by Frederic Edward Weatherly. This copy was collected by Maude Mewkill (nee Philli
Sheet music for the song titled 'Up from Somerset', with lyrics written by Frederic Edward Weatherly and music composed by Wilfrid Sanderson. This copy was included in the album of sheet music titled
Sheet music for the song titled 'The Appeal', with lyrics and music composed by Charles R Brooks. This is a recruitment song dedicated to the Defence Department and is described as 'a national recruit
Sheet music for the song titled 'The Blue Dragoons', with lyrics written by Frederic Edward Weatherly and music composed by Kennedy Russell. This song was written in 1911, with this copy of the sheet
