Print of the Day: Sheet music cover for "Punchinello Lancers," 1896

Sheet Music for the Punchinello Lancers, 1896
from the George Speaight Punch & Judy Archive
The Victoria & Albert Museum

Here, we see the sheet music cover for “Punchinello Lancers” by Warwick Williams, published by Francis, Day & Hunter, 1896.  The cover depicts our Mr. Punch holding a puppet labeled “A Wall Flower.” 

The following texts accompanies the music: 

INTRODUCING THE MELODIES OF THE FOLLOWING POPULAR SONGS, / SWEETHEART MAY - ALGY, OR, THE PICCADILLY JOHNNIE WITH THE LITTLE GLASS EYE - / I WANT YER, MA HONEY - SHE WAS ONE OF THE EARLY BIRDS - IT'S A GREAT BIG SHAME - / RHODA RODE A ROADSTER - THE GIRL ON THE RAN-DAN-DAN - LITTLE TEDDY BROWN DOWN AT MARGIT - WHY DON'T YOU MARRY THE GIRL? - GLORIANA WALTZ - THE GIDDY LITTLE POLKA - JOHNNY JONES, OR, WHAT'S THAT FOR, EH? - / DARLING MABEL - NOW SHAN'T BE LONG - THE NEW PHOTOGRAPHEE, AND THE SOLDIERS OF THE QUEEN