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Handwritten musical manuscript by Jerome Kern, titled and signed at the top, "Before I Met You, Jerome Kern," one page, 9 x 12, dated in another hand with a T. B. Harms copyright annotation of 1918. Kern pens the first twelve bars of music and lyrics to "Before I Met You," the lyrics beginning: "Prepare yourself to hear the worst! I'm sorry but you're not the first—my heart to claim—I own with shame." Also marked at the top in another hand, "Lyric by P. G. Wodehouse." Matted and framed to an overall size of 14 x 17. In fine condition.
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