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When the ships come home

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Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)

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Sheet music, 1918.

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When the ships come home

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Title
When the ships come home
Names
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 (Composer)
Bolton, Guy, 1884-1979 (Lyricist)
Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975 (Lyricist)
Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)

Sheet music, 1918.

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1918
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
Genres
Sheet music
Scores
Notes
Statement of responsibility: music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 51c2e460-c5ff-012f-7671-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1885: Creator Born
  • 1918: Issued
  • 1945: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "When the ships come home" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1918. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96e927a9-8d6c-ac51-e040-e00a18065737

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "When the ships come home" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96e927a9-8d6c-ac51-e040-e00a18065737

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1918). When the ships come home Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96e927a9-8d6c-ac51-e040-e00a18065737

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96e927a9-8d6c-ac51-e040-e00a18065737 | title= (notated music) When the ships come home, (1918) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=October 14, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

When the ships come home