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The watch on the Rhine
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Cover features: title and composition information with decorative lining and embellishments (black ink on uncoloured ground).

The watch on the Rhine

Date1919
Names
(composer)
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(publisher)
FormatEphemera
Notes
For voice and piano.
Key: B-flat major.
On front cover: "Written and composed by No. 146 P.P.C.L.I. Pte. J. Burns while a prison of war in Germany. The composition of this song will show the reader that, even though a prison of war at the time of writing, the spirit of Victory was uppermost in his thoughts".
On back cover: thematic advertisement for "Only you in dreams". 
Subject
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Sheet music
    Dimensions36 cm x 27 cm (14 3/16 in. x 10 5/8 in.)
    Language
      CollectionSpecial Collections in the Arts
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberCSM-BURWAT1919-001
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