IT'S A LONG LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY Jack Judge HARRY WILLIAMS!

1 Item Set or Lot of "IT'S A LONG, LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY" Song Folio Sheet Music by Jack Judge and Harry Williams. Includes:

ITEM 1.) Jack Judge, Harry Williams; IT'S A LONG, LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY; Song Folio Sheet Music; Piano / Vocal / Guitar; Complete Sheet Music; Chappell & Co. No.?????;

Small Format;

English Throughout;

Front Cover Artwork has an illustration of a Kilt-wearing British soldier marching; Illustration Courtesy of Leslie's Weekly; Above the soldier is printed "Tommy Atkins" (see Historical NOTE Below);

Preprinted Front Cover Price of $ .75;

Inside Front Cover has ad for "On Wings of Memory" by Thekla Hollingsworth and Jessie L. Deppen; Four Full Lines of Music Included;

Next Page has has first page of music;

No Title Page or Table of Contents; It's A Long, Long Way to Tipperary; Written and Composed by (Words and music by) Jack Judge and Harry Williams;

1 Tune Total; 4 pages of music; With lyrics;

Inside Rear cover has ad for "I Saw A Star Tonight" by Lester O'Keefe and William Stickles; Three Full Lines of Music Included;

Rear Cover has ad for "I'll Walk Beside You" by Edward Lockton and Alan Murray; Three Full Lines of Music Included;

Folded Sheet Format; Published by Chappell & Co.; New York, New York; Copyright 1912, B. Feldman & Co.;

Condition Good for age and the fact that it was "on display" for some time; Covers Show Storage Wear; Pages Clean, Tight and Unmarked;

The primary item was part of the collection of Henry J. Hauschild Jr., who billed himself as a “Physiognomist – Bibliopolist – Cognoscente di Eccellentissimo”, and was the very proud owner of the world famous "Nose Gallery” at “The Oldest House” in Victoria, Texas. Henry Senior founded the Hauschild Music Company which was later owned by his 8 children and eventually the four brothers before being closed in 1980; After the Opera House Restaurant failed, the space became the Bible Book Store and later Opera House Antiques; This item was part of the leftover inventory of the Music Store and at one time was on consignment at the Bible Book Store; "Musicologist and historian, Delmer Rogers, longtime member of the staff of the Department of Music at the University of Texas, is of the opinion that the Hauschild Music Company, founded in Victoria, Texas in 1891, was the second oldest institution to commercially publish sheet music in Texas. (Thos. Goggan of Houston being the first.) Also, his extensive research indicates that Hauschild's was the first in Texas to issues music with Spanish titles. About thirty were published, many by talented writers, and sold in large numbers. In addition, probing seems to prove that Hauschilds was the first to publish the efforts of several of the music-loving Germans of the area. Most interesting, too, is that the spritely composition, the Cowboy Rag offered in 1904 possibly was the purcursor of this genre of popular music." taken from "The Cognoscenti Collections";

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HISTORICAL NOTE: "Most songs have a history, a story behind the creation of the song and this ditty has a corker. In Manchester in 1912, the two songwriters created this song for a competition the next day. John Judge's grandparents came from Tipperary in Ireland. History doesn't record if the song won the competition but it did become so popular that during World War 1, British troops would sing it as they marched to & from battle in France. Then the well-known Irish tenor John McCormack recorded the song which gave it international recognition. But controversy soon followed when in 1920 an American songwriter, Miss Alice Smyth Burton Jay sued the publishers claiming that the melody was composed by her in 1908 for a fair held in Alaska. Her song promoted the apple industry in the State of Washington. Miss Jay asked for $100,000, a huge amount in those days. The court chose to engage the services of the popular composer Victor Herbert who wrote such classic shows as Babes in Toyland & Naughty Marietta. The court believed that the British songwriters had never been to the USA, knew nothing about cider in Washington State & when Victor Herbert said there were enough musical differences between the two tunes to regard them as separate melodies, the case was dismissed. The song has had a very long life. It was performed in two stage shows Oh What a Lovely War & Darling Lili. It often features in documentaries on the 1st World War & has been performed on TV as in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Even German soldiers have sung it to try & confuse the enemy. It's even been recorded by the Red Army Choir. But where is & what of the place in the song? Well it's in Ireland but 'it' is both a town & a county. The town of Tipperary is in the county of Tipperary in the south of Ireland. It's mainly an agricultural region with butter & milk two of the major exports. The town has plenty of Irish history & is part of the area where the Irish War of Independence was fought in 1919. The British Army had a large HQ there for some50 years until Ireland gained independence – at least one part of Ireland. The town of Tipperary is between Limerick & Waterford & a more beautiful & interesting area you would be hard pressed to find. The county is steeped in history & nationalistic pride & been called the premier county or, "Where Tipperary leads, Ireland follows". If you're interested in horses & racing in particular, Tipperary can be described as the thoroughbred centre of the equine industry with Coolmore Stud the largest of its kind in the world. The towns & villages of county Tipperary are a delight waiting for you to explore their churches, shops & pubs. Places like Knockgraffon, Dandrum, Ninemilehouse, Upperchurch & Two-Mile Borriss are quaint, unique & olde world with plenty of comfortable & affordable accommodation within the towns & villages or close by. As a local in Clonmel once asked a stranger. "Is this your 1st trip to Ireland?" The stranger replied that it was. Back came the local, "Well it won't be your last.".";

HISTORICAL NOTE: "It's a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall & marching song written by Jack Judge & co-credited to, but not co-written by Henry James "Harry" Williams. It was allegedly written for a5 shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 & performed the next night at the local music hall. Judge's parents were Irish, & his grandparents came from Tipperary. During the First World War the Irish regiment the Connaught Rangers were witnessed singing this song as they marched through Boulogne on 13 August 1914 by the Daily Mail correspondent George Curnock, who reported the event in that newspaper on 18 August 1914. The song was then picked up by other units of the British Army. In November 1914 it was recorded by the well-known tenor John McCormack, which helped contribute to its worldwide popularity. In 1917, a Miss Alice Smyth Burton Jay sued song publishers Chapell & Co. for $100,000, alleging that the original music was written by her in 1908, for a song played at the Alaska-Yukon Fair promoting the Washington apple industry. The chorus began "I'm on my way to Yakima." The court selected Victor Herbert to act as expert advisor &, in 1920, dismissed the suit, based on evidence that the authors of Tipperary had never been to Seattle, & on testimony from Victor Herbert that the two songs were not so similar as to suggest piracy. One of the most popular hits of the time, the song is typical in that it is not a war-like song, which incites the soldiers to glorious deeds. Popular songs in previous wars (such as the Boer war) frequently did this. In the 1st world war however, the most popular songs like this one & "Keep the Home Fires Burning" concentrated on the longing for home. First sung on the British music hall stage in 1913 by Florrie Forde, it was featured as one of the songs in the 1960s stage musical & film Oh! What a Lovely War & the 1970 musical Darling Lili, sung by Julie Andrews. It was also sung by the prisoners of war in Jean Renoir's film La Grande Illusion, by the crew of U-96 in Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot (that particular arrangement was performed by the Red Army Choir), as background music in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, & by the newsroom staff in the final episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It is also the 2nd part (the other two being Has Anyone Seen the Colonel? & Mademoiselle from Armentières) of the regimental march of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Mystery Science Theater 3000 used it twice, once for the final television episode, then sung again by Crow T. Robot in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie. It is also sung by British soldiers in the film The Travelling Players directed by the Theo Angelopoulos, & by Czechoslovak soldiers in the movie Černí baroni. This song is not to be confused with a popular song from 1907 simply titled "Tipperary". Both were sung at different times by early recording star Billy Murray. Murray, with the American Quartet, sang "It's A Long Way To Tipperary" as a straightforward march, complete with brass, drums & cymbals, with a quick bar of "Rule Britannia" thrown into the instrumental interlude between the 1st & 2nd verse-chorus combination. The song is often cited when documentary footage of World War I is presented. One example of its use is in the annual television special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Snoopy — who fancies himself as World War I flying ace — dances to a medley of World War I-era songs played by Schroeder. This song is included, & at that point Snoopy falls into a left-right-left marching pace. Schroeder also played this song in Snoopy Come Home at Snoopy's party. Also, Snoopy was seen singing the song out loud in a series of strips about his going to the 1968 Winter Olympics. The cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show march off screen singing the song at the conclusion of the series' final episode. In the 1981 World War II film Das Boot, morale is boosted in the U-boat when the German crew sings the song as they start patrolling in the North Atlantic ocean to disturb convoy traffic to Britain. The crew sings it a 2nd time as they cruise toward home port after near disaster. The song is the topic of Bill Caddick's song "The Writing of Tipperary," which was recorded by June Tabor on her 2000 CD, "A Quiet Eye." The tune is played by the carrilion in the Sint-Niklaaskerk church in Mesen, Belgium. Verses as sung in early versions: Up to mighty London Came an Irishman one day. As the streets are paved with gold Sure, everyone was gay, Singing songs of Piccadilly, Strand and Leicester Square, Till Paddy got excited, Then he shouted to them there: It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square! It's a long long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there. (repeat) Paddy wrote a letter To his Irish Molly-O, Saying, "Should you not receive it, Write and let me know!" "If I make mistakes in spelling, Molly, dear," said he, "Remember, it's the pen that's bad, Don't lay the blame on me! It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square! It's a long long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there. Molly wrote a neat reply To Irish Paddy-O, Saying Mike Maloney Wants to marry me, and so Leave the Strand and Piccadilly Or you'll be to blame, For love has fairly drove me silly: Hoping you're the same! It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square! It's a long long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there. An alternative concluding chorus, bawdy by contemporaneous standards: That's the wrong way to tickle Mary, That's the wrong way to kiss. Don't you know that over here, lad They like it best like this. Hooray pour Les Français Farewell Angleterre. We didn't know how to tickle Mary, But we learnt how over there. The Kannadiga playwright & poet, T.P. Kailasam, as part of a wager from a British friend, translated the song into Kannada, adding witty Kannada-specific lyrics. The resulting song, "Namma Tipparahalli balu Doora" (Halli meaning "village" in Kannada), is a popular song in Karnataka. The University of Missouri uses a version of "It's A Long Way To Tipperary" as a fight song, renamed "Every True Son/Daughter".;

HISTORICAL NOTE: "Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is a term for a common soldier in the British Army that was already well established in the 19th century, but is particularly associated with World War I. It can be used as a term of reference, or as a form of address. German soldiers would call out to "Tommy" across no man's land if they wished to speak to a British soldier. French & Commonwealth troops would also call British soldiers "Tommies". In more recent times, the term Tommy Atkins has been used less frequently, although the name "Tom" is occasionally still heard, especially with regard to paratroopers. Tommy Atkins - or Thomas Atkins - has been used as a generic name for a common British soldier for many years. The precise origin is a subject of debate, but it is known to have been used as early as 1743. A letter sent from Jamaica about a mutiny amongst the troops says "except for those from N. America ye Marines & Tommy Atkins behaved splendidly". The surname Atkins means "little son of red earth", a reference to the soldiers in their red tunics. Tommy (a diminutive of Thomas), meaning twin, has been a very popular English male name since Saint Thomas Becket was martyred in the 12th century. Following British defeat by the Boers at the Battle of Magersfontein in December 1899, Private Smith of the Black Watch, wrote the following poem: “Such was the day for our regiment, Dread the revenge we will take. Dearly we paid for the blunder A drawing-room General’s mistake. Why weren’t we told of the trenches? Why weren’t we told of the wire? Why were we marched up in column, May Tommy Atkins enquire…” "Such was the day for our regiment, Dread the revenge we will take. Dearly we paid for the blunder A drawing-room General’s mistake. Why weren’t we told of the trenches? Why weren’t we told of the wire? Why were we marched up in column, May Tommy Atkins enquire…". Robert Graves, in his autobiography Goodbye to All That (1929), states that: "The original 'Thomas Atkins' was a Royal Welch Fusilier in the American Revolutionary War". Graves was an officer in the Royal Welch in 1915, & mentions this among other regimental history, but does not cite his reference. According to Lieutenant General Sir William MacArthur, in an article in the Army Medical Services Magazine (circa 1950), "Tommy Atkins" was chosen as a generic name by the War Office in 1815. Richard Holmes, in the prologue to Tommy (2005), states that in: "1815 a War Office publication showing how the Soldier's Pocket Book should be filled out gave as its example one Private Thomas Atkins, No. 6 Troop, 6th Dragoons. Atkins became a sergeant in the 1837 version, & was now able to sign his name rather than merely make his mark. ." The Oxford English Dictionary states its origin as "arising out of the casual use of this name in the specimen forms given in the official regulations from 1815 onward"; the citation references Collection of Orders, Regulations, etc., pp. 75–87, published by the War Office, August 31, 1815. The name is used for an exemplary cavalry & infantry soldier; other names used included William Jones & John Thomas. A common belief is that the name was chosen by the Duke of Wellington having been inspired by the bravery of a soldier at the Battle of Boxtel in 1794 during the Flanders Campaign. After a fierce engagement, the Duke, in command of the 33rd Regiment of Foot, spotted the best man-at-arms in the regiment, Private Thomas Atkins, terribly wounded. The Private said "It's all right, sir. It's all in a day's work" & died shortly after. A further suggestion was given in 1900 by an army chaplain named Reverend E. J. Hardy. He wrote of an incident during the Sepoy Rebellion in 1857. When most of the Europeans in Lucknow were fleeing to the British Residency for protection, a private of the 32nd Regiment of Foot remained on duty at an outpost. Despite the pleas of his comrades he insisted that he must remain at his post. He was killed at his post & the Reverend Hardy wrote that "His name happened to be Tommy Atkins & so, throughout the Mutiny Campaign, when a daring deed was done, the doer was said to be 'a regular Tommy Atkins'". Rudyard Kipling published the poem Tommy (part of the Barrack-Room Ballads, themselves dedicated "To T.A.") in 1892, & in 1893 the music hall song Private Tommy Atkins was published with words by Henry Hamilton & music by S. Potter. In 1898 William McGonagall wrote Lines In Praise of Tommy Atkins, which was an attack on what McGonagall saw as the disparaging portrayal of Tommy in Kipling's poem. It is also said that the name 'Tommy Atkins' was the example name on conscription sheets during The 1st World War, & that teenagers who were underage often signed up as "Tommy Atkins". The paybook issued to all British soldiers in the 1st World War used the name "Tommy Atkins" to illustrate how it should be filled in. Today's soldier is nicknamed (within the Army) 'Tom' & the British Army Magazine 'Soldier' features a cartoon strip character called Tom. On 25 July 2009, the death of the last Tommy from World War I, Harry Patch (at 111 the oldest man in the United Kingdom & also in Europe), left Claude Choules as the last serviceman of the British forces in World War I. There was a growing opinion that the passing of the last of them should be marked in an appropriate manner. This was the subject of a cross party campaign led by the politician Iain Duncan Smith. It was originally proposed that the last veteran to die should be given a state funeral. However, this met with opposition from the veterans themselves, few of whom wanted to be singled out in this way. As of 28 June 2006, it was decided that a service at Westminster Abbey would be held upon the death of the last veteran.;

HISTORICAL NOTE: "Jack Judge (christened John, born in Oldbury, Worcestershire born 3 December 1872, died 25 July 1938, West Bromwich) was a song-writer & music-hall entertainer best remembered for writing the song It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary. Jack Judge's parents were Irish, from County Mayo. His grand-parents came from Tipperary. He was originally a fish-monger, & took to the stage after winning a talent contest. At the time his famous song was written, he was performing at "The Grand" Theatre, Stalybridge, Cheshire. He allegedly wrote the song for a5 shilling bet on 30 January 1912 & performed it the next night at "The Grand". However, many people, including the Judge family, dispute this & say the song was written in his home town of Oldbury. "It's a long way to Tipperary" was bought by British music publisher Feldman for £5. Harry Williams, a neighbour of Jack's, who died in 1924, was co-attributed as composer. Later in his life when he became very unwell, the company gave him a weekly pension of £1 a week. John McCormack recorded the song in 1914, which gave it worldwide popularity. Jack recorded The Place Where I Was Born in 1915, when he was aged 42 & already a big star. Written before the outbreak of war, this is one of his few serious songs, & sensitive comment about the working man's compassion for others during hard times. In the same year he recorded Paddy Maloney's Aeroplane & Michael O'Leary, V.C., both about Irishmen helping the war effort. As well as songs for the stage, he wrote a number of football songs in support of his beloved West Bromwich Albion. He continued recording through the 1920s. A bronze statue of Judge now adorns Lord Pendry Square in Stalybridge. Early 2011 the new public Library building in Oldbury town centre will open as “Jack Judge House”.";

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