[Sheet music] A Soldier's Thought of Home

Accession Number	RC11306
Collection number	Sheet Music Collection 821
Collection type	Published Collection
Record type	Item
Item count	1
Measurement	Overall: 32 cm x 26 cm
Object type	Sheet Music
Maker	Dodd, Jas Jones, Robert William
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made	c 1920
Conflict	Period 1920-1929 First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Sheet music for the song 'A Soldier's Thought of Home', music by Australian composer James E Dodd with lyrics by R W Jones late of the AIF. Copyright for the song was applied for in 1920.

The cover of the sheet music features a photograph of R.W. Jones in uniform. The text and photographs are bordered by illustrations of floral vines.

Towards the bottom of this page is a sound recording of this sheet music, or a parody, that was created as part of the Music and the First World War project. More information about this recording, including names of the performers, can be found on the catalogue record for the sound recording. A link to the catalogue record for the sound recording can be found at the bottom of this page, under the heading ‘Related objects’ where it can be identified with the prefix [sound recording].