Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme 1, pages 2-3

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Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme 1, pages 2-3

Open Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme showing the printed lyrics of four songs: A Motto for Every Man, I'll Ask My Mother, Sweet County Clare, and Treat on the Tail of My Coat. The worn booklet has a torn centre fold and reflects the popular comic and sentimental songs performed in Victorian music halls.
Dundee Music Hall and Opera House, Programme 1, Pages 2-3. Local History Centre Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library.
Worn black-and-white Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme listing an evening's entertainment, including comic songs, sentimental ballads, burlesque performances, dancing, and musical acts, with performers' names and the running order printed on the front.
Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme 1, page 1. Local History Centre Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library.
Worn black-and-white Dundee Music Hall and Opera House song programme page featuring the lyrics to Sal and Methusalam, Champagne Charley, and When I Am Far Away, performed by Mr Gray, Mr Laroche, and Miss Clayton. The page is torn along the right edge and lower corner.
Dundee Music Hall and Opera House, Programme 1, Page 4. Local History Centre Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library.
Object name: Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme 1, pages 2-3

This programme page contains the lyrics of popular songs performed at Dundee Music Hall and Opera House, including comic pieces such as A Motto for Every Man and I’ll Ask My Mother, alongside Sweet County Clare and Treat on the Tail of My Coat. Printing song lyrics in programmes allowed audiences to follow performances and take home a souvenir of an evening’s entertainment.

Dimensions: 24.8 x 31.8 cm
Production date: - 1866
Museum number: MH/DMH/17
Source collection: Local History Centre Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library
Source collection link: View source collection
Associated location: Dundee Music Hall & Opera House (1866-1888)
Notes:

‘Words of Songs’

Song, performed by Mr Layfield

‘A motto for every man’

‘I’ll ask my mother’

‘Sweet County Clare’, performed by T. Coyne

‘Tread on the tail of my coat’ performed by T. Coyne