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Catalog Number
2018.4.27
Title
I'm A Long Way From Tipperary
Date of Origin
ca. 1917
Artist/Author
none
Materials
paper
Description
Green piece of sheet music with white and black lettering titled : I'm A Long Way From Tipperary " on the front and back. Also on the front, a photo of Carl McCullough beside a drawing of soldiers.  The soldiers are seated, the one in the foreground can be seen thinking about a girl back home (drawing of girl above soldiers). 
History
This piece of sheet music belonged to Alberta "Abbie" Beek Van Ark (1893-1962), mother of the donor. She was born and raised in nearby Jamestown, Ottawa County, MI. She married Marinus Van Ark in Jamestown on 11-1-1916.

Abbie passed away on 6-2-1962 in Holland, MI. She was buried in Pilgrim Home Cemetery.
Gift of
Van Ark, Mike