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The classic, You're as Welcome as the Flowers in May, sung in 1904 by the great team of Byron G. Harlan & Frank C. Stanley.

You're as Welcome as the Flowers in May

 
Company Edison's National Phonograph Company
Cylinder # 8767
Category Duet
Title You're as Welcome as the Flowers in May
Performed by Byron G. Harlan & Frank C. Stanley
Circa August 1904
Announcement "You're as Welcome as the Flowers in May, sung by Harlan & Stanley.  Edison record."
 

The popular and versatile Byron G. Harlan, tenor, and Frank C. Stanley, baritone, are paired again (they recorded dozens of dozens of duets for the major record companies of the period) to render this sentimental ballad of intense imagery and remembrance.

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    No. 8767, "You're [as] Welcome as the Flowers in May," is an exceedingly attractive tenor and baritone duet by Harlan and Stanley, with orchestra accompaniment.   Many will agree that this is one of the best Records in the August list.   The composition is by Dan J. Sullivan.
— July 1904 Edison Phonograph Monthly [announcing the August records]

The sheet music to You're as Welcome as the Flowers in May (note: Large PDF file) is available online courtesy of Mississippi State University Digital Libraries' Music Museum.

                                       

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