The Four 'Oss Sharrybang (Grain, Corney)

Composition Year	1890
Genre Categories	Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; English language

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Publisher. Info.	London: James Bath, n.d.(ca.1890s).
Reprinted	An Album of Humorous Drawing Room Songs London: Reynolds & Co., 1923. Plate R & Co. 2279.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Work Title	The Four 'Oss Sharrybang
Alternative. Title	The Costermonger Song
Composer	Grain, Corney
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	ICG 13
Key	C major
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1890
First Performance.	1890
First Publication.	1890
Librettist	Composer
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	voice, piano
Extra Information	One of Grain's most famous songs. It's about a Cockney on a Seaside day-trip. The popularity survived Grain and all his other songs, as it was featured on the children's BBC show Play Away with Toni Arthur & Brian Cant in the 1970s, being recorded for an LP. It's occasionally performed or recited today.