Autograph musical manuscript in pencil by Eubie Blake, seven pages on four musically-lined sheets, 9.5 x 12.5, no date but marked on each page with Blake's 1959 registration with Local 802. Blake writes out the piano music and lyrics to his 1921 song "I'm Just Wild About Harry," originally from the Broadway show Shuffle Along and later adopted by Harry S. Truman for his 1948 presidential campaign. The first page is headed, "'I'm Just Wild About Harry,' The New Arrangement for Miss Swann, Words by Noble Sissle, Music by Eubie Blake." The lyrics, in part: "I'm just wild a-bout Har-ry— / And Har-ry's wild a-bout me— / The heav'n-ly bliss-es of his kiss-es / fill me with ec-sta-sy." On the front page, in ink, Blake apologizes: "Sorry about this number in lead powder." In fine condition. This manuscript was a gift from Blake to his close friend and protege, Jim Hession. A highly desirable piece of jazz history.
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