Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Mackney, C. H.
Title:
The kiss in the railway train / words by Watkin Williams ; composed by C.H. Mackney ; sung ... by Emma Thornton, Kate Harley, Emma Kerridge, Ada Marion, Emma Mowbrey [and] Louise Fowler.
Alternate Title(s):
First line: Some say a trip by rail
Published / Created:
London : B. Williams, [1864]
Physical Description:
1 score (7 pages) : color illustrations ; 36 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
M1622.M3 K5 1864+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Music (printed)
Notes:
Song for voice and piano.

Chromolithographed cover illustration by Concanen, Lee & Siebe, lith.

A mid-Victorian Music Hall song that relies on a double-entendre to suggest something more salacious. The song describes an encounter in a railway carriage on a train to Brighton.
Subject Terms:
Popular music -- To 1901. | Trains -- Songs and music. | Kissing -- Songs and music. | Robbery -- Songs and music.
Form/Genre:
Chromolithographs -- 1864. | Sheet music.
Contributors:
Williams, Watkin, songwriter, lyricist. | Harley, Kate. | Thornton, Emma. | Kerridge, Emma. | Marion, Ada. | Mowbray, Emma. | Fowler, Louisa. | Concanen, Lee & Siebe, lithographer.