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Lyric sheets: bound folder of song lyrics, 1970-72

Lyric sheets: bound folder of song lyrics, 1970-72

1943 - 1987

Christopher Wilmarth

American

1 brown bound folder labeled on cover in black ink: 5 SONGS / CHRIS JAMES / (WILMARTH). [According to an email from Susan Wilmarth-Rabineau, Wilmarth's original last name was James, before his mother remarried and he and his brother changed along with her to Wilmarth. "He didn't want his carrier in the art world connected with his musical work." However, he began focusing more and more on sculpture, less and less on music, and never used his original last name in the end.]The lyrics for the 5 songs are typewritten, each given a title page and a page of lyrics, making for 10 typwritten sheets bound in folder. Each title page also includes, in the lower left corner, the line: Copyright 1970 by Chris (Wilmarth) James. Songs as follows: p. 1: Diner Life (with lyric added in black ink) p. 3: She Don't Like My Rainbow (also reads, at top of lyric page: Words and Music by Chris (Wilmarth) James) p. 5: Johnny High - Johnny Low (with corrections made in green felt-tip ink) p. 7: American Grease (Ballad of a Grease Monkey) p. 9: Fat Skirts 17 loose sheets of paper inserted in back of folder behind the 5 bound songs. All measure 27.8cm x 21.5cm. As follows: 1) unidentified sketch (for sculpture?) in graphite 2) lyrics for Who's Going to Love Me Now (as I Walk from You Today) in blue ball-point ink 3) lyrics for Soulface in graphite 4) lyrics for Blues (In Rocky Mountain Time) in blue ball-point ink 5) lyrics for Tell Me Where It Hurts, dated 1970, in blue ink 6) sheet of various notes, including a list of songs (Heart of Gold, These Six Strings, Out of Love Again (crossed out), City Lights in Country Eyes, Talkin' to the Trees, She Knows, Easier (crossed out), Hometown Boy, Spendin' Time (crossed out), Places to Lay, Tell Me Where It Hurts, Soulface, Blues (In Rocky Mountain Time)), in blue ink, blue ball-point, blue pencil, and graphite, using paper horizontally, vertically, and diagonally 7) recto and verso lyrics for Places to Lay in blue ink 8) lyrics for She Knows, dated July 1971, in blue ink 9) recto and verso lyrics for Heart of Gold in blue ink 10) recto and verso lyrics for Queen Anne Knows in graphite (written horizontally) 11) recto and verso lyrics for unidentified song in black marker 12) lyrics for The Three L's in black and blue ball-point 13) recto: carbon copy of lyrics (partial?) for California's Really Not to Blame dated and copyrighted 1972; verso: (partial?) lyrics for Tomorrow's in My Room, dated and copyrighted 1972, in blue ball-point 14) lyrics for Spendin' Time in blue ink with graphite correction 15) continuation (3rd page) of lyrics for Queen Anne Knows in graphite, written horizontally 16) blank page 17) recto and verso lyrics for Supermarket Widows in brown marker

10 typed pages and 17 loose handwritten sheets in brown bound folder

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