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Mick Pearce (MCP) Lyr Req: Steamboat Bill (Shields/Leighton) (28) RE: Lyr Req: Steamboat Bill 26 Mar 13

There are in fact two versions of Steamboat Bill recorded by Edward Meeker in the cylinders at The Cylinder Preservation And Digitization Project. Both were recorded in 1911.

Number 2 in the list (10513: Edison Standard Record) is virtually identical to the sheet music listed above (Steamboat Bill 2), differing in only a couple of words. (Incidentally the transcription should read: Try to beat the record...).

Number 1 in the list (728: Edison Amberol) is the version Sandy linked above and is (again virtually) identical to the sheet music version given above, but with the 2 verses and chorus inserted after the first chorus of the sheet music.

I've looked at several copies of the sheet music online and they all omit this new addition, so I don't know where they came from (yet!)

Mick

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