"Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes": publishing date: 1912. publisher: Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song, “Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes,” with words and music by Eddie Leonard. It was published by Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. in New York, New York in 1912. There is an image of American vaudevillian Eddie Leonard (1870-1941) on the cover.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1912
- publisher: Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 14 in x 10 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 26.67 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- Subject: African American
- ID Number: 1988.0538.14
- accession number: 1988.0538
- catalog number: 1988.0538.14
- Credit Line: Gift of Susan Ostroff
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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