Hurry Back to My Bamboo Shack
Dublin Core
Title
Hurry Back to My Bamboo Shack
Subject
A love song of a geisha longing for her sailor man.
Description
Voice and piano music sheet
Creator
Irving Berlin (Composer and Lyricist)
Publisher
Waterson Berlin & Snyder Co. Music Publishers
Date
1916
Contributor
Arvin Halim
Rights
Copyright MCMXVI by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. International Copyright Secured.
Language
English
Type
Sheet Music
Sheet Music Item Type Metadata
Pages
6
Condition
Well preserved, minimal wear
Physical Dimensions
Approximately [9" x 12"]
Instrumentation
Piano, Voice
Graphic Description
A "Hurry back to my bamboo shack" titled cover with a blue, orange color scheme , bamboo bordered drawing of a geisha girl wearing a traditional kimono with fan hanging on her wrist. She is overlooking the sea containing seagulls and a battleship in the distance with a smoke trail. There's an ornate bird on the top left corner of the picture. In the background drawing there's a cherry blossom tree and a flying insect, with the name of the composer, music publisher and illustrator on the bottom of the cover. There's also a hand writing of a name " Lou P Oliver".
Inside contains staff for voice and piano. The lyrics contains two verses and a chorus.
On the back side there's blue and white ink drawing of a painter sitting on a hanging board, seemingly talking to another man smoking a pipe, promoting another sheet music "If I Knock the "L" out of Kelly 'It Would Still be Kelly to Me'", Margaret Farrell's sensational song hit in "Step This Way". This music is composed by Bert Grant, with words by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young, and is published by the same company as the music sheet.
Inside contains staff for voice and piano. The lyrics contains two verses and a chorus.
On the back side there's blue and white ink drawing of a painter sitting on a hanging board, seemingly talking to another man smoking a pipe, promoting another sheet music "If I Knock the "L" out of Kelly 'It Would Still be Kelly to Me'", Margaret Farrell's sensational song hit in "Step This Way". This music is composed by Bert Grant, with words by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young, and is published by the same company as the music sheet.
Lyricist
Irving Berlin
Composer
Irving Berlin
Illustrator
Al Barbelle
Audio Recording Note
Audio from YouTube (sung by tenor Henry Burr on May 19, 1916). Secondary audio source also available from Library of Congress (sung by soprano Olive Kline on June 5, 1916). Duration of 3:18 min.
Audio Recording URL
YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz364QDHGVQ), Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/4555/)
Accession Number
1780
Copyright Note
Copyright MCMXVI by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. International Copyright Secured.
Date Published
1916
Genres
Popular, Ethnic
Place Published
Strand Theater Bldg. Broadway at 47th St. NEW YORK
Printed Text Language
English
Files
Citation
Irving Berlin (Composer and Lyricist), “Hurry Back to My Bamboo Shack,” ReEnvisioning Japan, accessed April 25, 2024, https://rej.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/5549.