"A Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich and You": Museum Object and Cultural History
"A Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich and You": publication date: 1925. lyricist: Rose, Billy. lyricist: Dubin, Al.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song, "A Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich and You," with words by Billy Rose and Al Dubin and music by Joseph Meyer. It was published by Harms Incorporated in New York, New York in 1925. As indicated on the cover, this song was introduced in Charlot's Revue of 1926 with Beatrice Lillie, Gertrude Lawrence, and Jack Buchanan. The musical show, Charlot’s Revue of 1926, opened at the Selwyn Thetre on November 10, 1925 and ran for 138 performances.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publication date: 1925
- lyricist: Rose, Billy
- lyricist: Dubin, Al
- referenced: Lillie, Beatrice
- publisher: Harms, Inc.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 11 7/8 in x 9 1/8 in; 30.1625 cm x 23.1775 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- Subject: Theater
- ID Number: 2017.3021.315
- nonaccession number: 2017.3021
- catalog number: 2017.3021.315
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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