Sheet Music, Two Little Sailor Boys: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, Two Little Sailor Boys: date made: 1906. maker: Madden, Edward. maker: Jordan, Dolly.
The object in the museum catalogue
The number two can be associated with friendship as well as romance. This song describes two boys who played at being sailors as children and then encountered one another in the heat of sea warfare as grown men. The words are by Edward Madden, with music by Dolly Jordan.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1906
- maker: Madden, Edward
- maker: Jordan, Dolly
- Object Name: sheet music
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 27 cm x 34.3 cm; 1/32 in x 10 5/8 in x 13 1/2 in
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 27 cm x 34.3 cm; 1/32 in x 10 5/8 in x 13 1/2 in
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.087
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- catalog number: 1988.3086.087
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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