The Widow Was Not Merry; Or, Poets Must Have Beards

Sometimes I find the not-so-perfect conditions of a collectible most charming. As in the doodle on this old piece of sheet music.



The previous owner of The Merry Widow Waltz felt that Jesse Crawford, "Poet of the Organ", needed a beard and mustache. Who am I to argue?



Merry Widow Waltz, with Ukelele Chords, Guitar Chords, and Special Hawaiian Guitar Chorus, lyrics by Carl Field, music by Franz Lehar, 1935, Calumet Music Co.

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