I don't want to be a sailor; The geezer of Geck

Item Information

• Description
  Plate no.: 1514-4.

• Item ID
  b0571
• Instrumentation
  voice; piano
• Performer
  Dave Lewis
• Illustrator
  Jenkins
• DCMI Type
  Still Image
• Is Part Of
  1900-1909
• Title
  I don't want to be a sailor; The geezer of Geck
• Subject
  Entertainment
  Music
  Musicals--Excerpts--Vocal scores with piano
  War and Military
  Government vessels
  Human Activities of Ordinary People--Men
  Afro-Americans
  seamen
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans--Men
  Seamen
• State of Publication
  New York
• Lyricist
  Gillespie, Henry A.
• Genre
  sheet music
• Publisher
  Willis Woodware
• City of Publication
  New York
• Dedicatee
  Oshkosh Yacht Club
• Refrain
  I don't want to be a sailor, I don't want to go to sea
• Composer
  Crawford, Walter J.
• Creator
  Robert J. Adam; Paul Schindler
• Date
  1905
• First Line
  Sam Cook, a chef from New Orleans, had never been to sea

• Copyright & Usage
  See the policy for this collection.