This sheet music for the song “I’d Leave Ma Happy Home For You“ was written by Will A. Heelan and composed by Harry Von Tilzer. The sheet music was published by Shapiro, Bernstein, and Von Tilzer in New York, New York in 1899. The cover calls the song, “The Funniest in Years, The Great “Oo, Oo, Oo Song, rendered by Little May Hoey,” and features an inset portrait of Ms. Hoey. The cover also features a caricatured illustration of a young black woman wearing a fancy hat singing.
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