THIS IS A RARE FIND! Original sheet music from the Canadian minstrel show "Rapid Fire' performed by the Originals (who were first called the Original Old Dumbells). A rather disturbing piece of cover art by the Canadian Jack McLaren. The show "Rapid Fire" was the 2nd touring piece by the group, and opened in Hamilton Ontario in 1923. It toured through Canada and into the United States. Also of interest were the several female impersonators in the cast. Minor edgewear and faint owner signatures on cover, interior fine. Piano and lyrics. View More...
Light edgewear and a bit of a curl, otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy. From the back cover:"In Firebird, Mark Doty tells the story of a ten-year-old in a top hat, cane, and red chiffon scarf, interrupted while belting out Judy Garland's "Get Happy" by his alarmed mother at the bedroom door, exclaiming, "Son, you're a boy!" Firebird presents us with a heroic little boy who has quite enough worries without discovering that his dawning sexuality is the Wrong One. A self-confessed "chubby smart bookish sissy with glasses and a Southern accent," Doty grew up on the move, the family following his ... View More...
