Sheet Music, "How' Ya Gonna Keep' Em Down On The Farm"

 
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Sheet Music, "How' Ya Gonna Keep' Em Down On The Farm"
Sheet Music, "How' Ya Gonna Keep' Em Down On The Farm"
Sheet Music, "How' Ya Gonna Keep' Em Down On The Farm"
Sheet Music, "How' Ya Gonna Keep' Em Down On The Farm"

Sheet Music, "How' Ya Gonna Keep' Em Down On The Farm"

Object number2017.043.36
Date1919
Associated LocationNew York City, New York
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions12 × 10 in. (30.5 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionSheet music is for "How' Ya Gonna Keep' Em Down On The Farm (After They've Seen Paree?)." Lyrics by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis. Music by Walter Donaldson. Published by Waterson Berlin & Snyder Company in 1919. The lyrics highlight concern that American soldiers from rural environments would not want to return to farm life after experiencing the European city life and culture of Paris during World War I. The cover is in in grayscale of a family in a car towing a barrel of cider, off to the side is a farmer with a smoking a pipe reading a note.

    The back cover is an advertisesment with a sample selection of sheet music of "That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone."
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