Sheet Music, You're A Million Miles from Nowhere (When You're One Little Mile from Home)

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Description:

As this song suggests, physical and emotional senses of distance do not always agree. A singer a mile from home may feel "a million miles from nowhere." The words are by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young with music by Walter Donaldson.

Date Made: 1919

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: MathematicsMusic

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Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1988.3086.036Catalog Number: 1988.3086.036Nonaccession Number: 1988.3086

Object Name: Sheet MusicObject Type: Sheet Music

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 23.5 cm x 31 cm; 1/32 in x 9 1/4 in x 12 7/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1928-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_694481

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