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cloth, souvenir

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    patriotic handkerchief: It's a Long Way to Tipperary, WW1

  • Description

    printed patriotic souvenir cloth: It's a Long Way to Tipperary, WW1

    cotton cloth; square; hemmed; printed with words and music : It’s a Long Way to Tipperary; border of British Empire flags and shamrocks around edges; flags of Great Britain, Japan, Russia, France and Belgium either side of music

    "It's a long way to Tipperary,

    It's a long way to go;

    It's a long way to Tipperary,

    To the sweetest girl I know!

    Goodbye Piccadilly,

    Farewell, Leicester Square,

    It's a long, long way to Tipperary,

    But my heart's right there!"

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Other Id

    W2617 (war)

  • Department
  • Display Room
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