I Want a Girl
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"I Want a Girl" is a popular early 20th-century American song co-written by lyricist Bert Kalmar, best known for its nostalgic refrain about wanting "a girl just like the girl that married dear old dad."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Want a Girl canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tin Pan Alley song
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song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)
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I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American popular songbook
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barbershop quartet repertoire ⓘ vaudeville ⓘ |
| composer | Harry Von Tilzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decade | 1910s ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| genre |
popular music
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traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
American standard
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parlor song ⓘ |
| hasNotableComposer | Harry Von Tilzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyricist |
Bert Kalmar
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Edgar Leslie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording |
Billy Murray recording
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Peerless Quartet recording ⓘ |
| hasType | waltz song ⓘ |
| influencedBy | sentimental ballads of the early 1900s ⓘ |
| isExampleOf |
American standard song
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early Tin Pan Alley hit ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
barbershop music
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male vocal quartet repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalPerspective | first-person male narrator ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Bert Kalmar
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Edgar Leslie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingLyric | When I was a boy my mother often said to me ⓘ |
| partOf | American popular music of the pre–World War I era ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1911 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refrain | I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old dad ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | search for a spouse resembling one’s mother ⓘ |
| theme |
family values
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idealized womanhood ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| timeSignature | 3/4 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.