Performances
Sheet Music
Arrangements and Transcriptions
For Voice or Cornet and Orchestra
Publisher. Info.
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Philadelphia: J.W. Pepper, 1880.
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Copyright
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Misc. Notes
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The solo cornet contains the entire melody so that the work can also be performed by cornet and orchestra.
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Purchase
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General Information
Work Title
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The Champion Walkist
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Alternative. Title
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Two for Five; Comic Song
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Composer
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Boyer, Thornton Barnes
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Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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ITB 4
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1 song
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Text Incipit
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I am "Dead-eyed Dick," the tramp, and they took me for a scamp
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Librettist
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unknown
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Language
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English
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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voice, piano
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Extra Information
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Announcement of publication appears on the final page of Hardly Ever by Thornton Barnes Boyer.
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Navigation etc.
In the orchestra parts the first violin part lists the composer as Boyer and the arranger as Nibbs. All the other parts simply have "Nibbs." On the publication announcement Nibbs is identified as Nebuchadnezzar Nibbs which has to be either a pseudonym or the name of a singer-comedian.