title: When two that love are parteed, never in life to meet again. [first line]

originInfo: 1895New York ; LondonBoosey & Company, Inc.

namePart: Secchi, Antonio (1761-1833)

namePart: Marzials, Theophilus (1850-1920)

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Distress (Psychology)

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top:  Hendrie [?].

text: Gift of the Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

text: Version in D flat major.

text: On cover:  New edition, sung by Miss Clara Butt.

text: by Secchi ; the English translation by Theo. Marzials ; arr. by A. L.

title: When two that love are parted = Lungi dal caro bene

title: Lungi dal caro bene, vivere non poss'io. [first line]

text: Sheet music


mmsType: Item

field: dateIssued

keyDate: yes

field: copyrightDate

title: When you ask a girl to leave a happy homestead. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1895New York, N.Y.W. B. Gray & Co.

sourceSystem: mms

namePart: Hanson, Ned

type: personal

namePart: Gray, William Benson

authority: naf

usage: primary

namePart: Durant, R. L.

type: topic

authority: lcsh

text: Betrothal

text: Belief and doubt

type: content

text: On cover:  Sung by Ned Hanson.  Cover includes photograph of Ned Hanson.

text: On cover:  A companion song to "When you know the girl you love, loves you."

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  R. L. Durant, music publisher, importer. Los Angeles, Cal.

type: statement of responsibility

text: words and music by Wm. B. Gray.

supplied: no

title: At a kind old mother's side, sat her eldest boy, her pride. [first line]

text: Sheet music

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collectionTitle: American popular songs.


title: When your love grows cold 'tis the story old. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1895New YorkHowley, Haviland and Co.

namePart: Miller, Charles

authority: lctgm

text: Serenading

text: Waltzes

text: Desertion

text: Cover contains a photograph of a painting: on the right a woman, seated, sewing, while a man dressed in 18th-century military uniform, seating on the left, looks at her; the couple is seated in a garden surrounded by trees.  A statute of Diana is in the background.

text: words and music by Charles Miller.

title: When your love grows cold

title: Here 'neath thy window I play on my light guitar. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: While the city sleeps, its mighty pulse throbs slow. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1895[New York]Hamilton S. Gordon

namePart: Selden, Edgar

namePart: Collins, L. R.

text: Murderers

text: Night

text: Cities & towns

text: Betrayal

text: Suicide

text: Waltzes

text: Children

text: Death

text: Professional copy: no cover.

text: Signature of former owner written on caption title:  Mrs. L. R. Collins.

text: words and music by Edgar Selden.

title: While the city sleeps

title: When nightfall settles o'er the town, and lights begin to glow. [first line]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1895New YorkHailton S. Gordon

namePart: Leon, Marie De

namePart: Alznia, E.

text: Murderers

text: Night

text: Cities & towns

text: Betrayal

text: Suicide

text: Waltzes

text: Children

text: Death

text: At top of cover:  Compliments of E. Alznia.

text: Cover includes a photograph of a woman [Marie De Leon?].

text: Signature of former owner on cover below photograph:  Marie De Leon.

text: words and music by Edgar Selden.

title: While the city sleeps

text: Sheet music


title: Whisper, true heart, whisper! [first line]

originInfo: 1895New YorkT. B. Harms and Co.

namePart: Pratt, Ilma M.

namePart: Cooper, George (1840-1927)

namePart: Jarbeau, Vernona

text: Whispering

text: Love songs

text: Printed as a musical supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, Feb. 4, 1900.

text: Cover design including a flower design by Kerr.

text: On cover:  Sung by Vernona Jarbeau at Koster and Bial's.

text: Cover includes a photograph of Vernona Jarbeau.

text: music by Ilma M. Pratt ; words by George Cooper.

title: Whisper true heart

title: When I feign to doubt thee, 'tis to hear thee answer me! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Once more I'll see the dear old home, of homes there's no such other. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: ChicagoTemple Music Co.

namePart: St. Clair, Lutie

namePart: DeKalb, W. M. (Walt M.)

namePart: Young, Wm.

text: Reminiscing

text: Mothers and sons

text: Love, Maternal

text: Floral pattern on cover designed by DeKalb.

text: Stamp of former owner on cover near top right:  Wm. Young.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  Fort Wayne Music Co., 34 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, Ind.

text: music by Lutie St. Clair ; words by Arthur J. Lamb.

title: With home and mother

title: I long for the dear old days of yore, for the friends of long ago. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Wont you come to my tea-party, all my playmates will be there. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1895Minneapolis, Minn.A. H. Fitz Music Co.

namePart: Fitz, Alb. H. (Albert H.)

namePart: Ferguson, Marguerite

namePart: Hall, Jno. T.

text: Dolls

text: Children playing

type: temporal

text: Birthday parties

text: Children's tea parties

text: Cover includes photograph of a young girl and boy seated at a table.  The girl is pouring milk into the boy's teacup. Photograph copyright by A. I. Eidemiller.

text: Dedication on cover and above caption title:  Lovingly inscribed to the little children of America.

text: On cover:  As sung by the talented little soubrett Miss Marguerite Ferguson in "McCarthy's Mishaps."  Cover includes a photograph of Miss Marguerite Ferguson ; photo by Morrison, Chicago.

text: On cover:  Success phenomenal ; fifth edition.

text: Under caption title:  A story of real life taken from the home.

text: words and music by Alb. H. Fitz.

title: Wont you come to my tea party

title: In our household there's a treasure, full of life so bright and gay. [first line]

title: McCarthy's mishaps. Wont you come to my tea party. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Cushman, Sadie

text: Dolls

text: Children playing

text: Birthday parties

text: Children's tea parties

text: On cover:  The juvenile "hit" of season as now being sung nightly by Sadie Cushman of Cushman and Holcombe, the popular New York favorites.  Cover includes a photograph of Sadie Cushman gesticulating to a doll.

text: On cover (slightly cut):  Success phenomenal ; ninth edition.

text: words and music by Alb. H. Fitz.

title: Wont you come to my tea party

text: Sheet music


title: Of all the games of childhood there's none so dear to me. [first line]

originInfo: 1895ChicagoS. Brainard's Sons Co.

namePart: Douglas, Lady Sholto

namePart: Verner, H. C.

text: Children playing

text: Games

text: Waltzes

text: On cover:  Introduced with gfreat success by Lady Sholto Douglas.  Cover includes photograph of Lady Sholto Douglas.

text: words and music by H. G. Verner.

title: Won't you play house with me?

title: Come now, won't you play house? Won't you play house with me? [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Wynken, Blynken and Nod, Wynken, Blynken and Nod. [first line of chorus]

text: Lullabies

text: Under caption title:  Dutch lullaby.

text: Cover includes a photograph of Eugene Field.

text: Cover illustration by DCK is a drawing of a baby in a cradle; an angel touches the cradle with a wand against a backdrop of stars and the moon.

text: music by H. C. Verner, words by Eugene Field.

title: Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

title: Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night sailed off in a wooden shoe. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: You can keep your playthings, they're no good to me. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1895ChicagoNaitional Music Co.

namePart: Bland, Leona

namePart: Grube, H.

namePart: Thiele, H. H.

text: Children playing

text: Waltzes

text: Consolation

text: Bullying

text: Stamp on cover at top center:  For the use of our guests.  Not to be removed from Hotel Parlor.

text: On cover:  As sung with great success by Leona Bland.  Cover includes photograph of Leona Bland.

text: Cover illustration by H. Grube shows a boy with a hoop looking at a girl, crying, with her doll laying in a path.  The boy's mother looks on from the doorstep of a house.

text: Below caption title:  Op. 310.

text: music by H. H. Thiele, words by Arthur J. Lamb

title: You can keep your playthings

title: A sweet little boy and a dear little maid, were playing one day in a garden's cool shade. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: No singer e'er sang of a girl half so fair. [first line]

originInfo: 1895New York ; ChicagoHenry J. Wehman

namePart: Speck, Samuel H.

namePart: Wehman, Henry J.

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: words and music by Samuel H. Speck.

title: You don't find a girl like my girl every day

title: For you don't find a girl like my girl ev'ry day. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: When you go a courting, boys, life is full of bliss. [first line]

originInfo: 1895New YorkJos. W. Stern and Co.

namePart: Rosey, Geo. (George)

namePart: Lind, W. Murdoch

namePart: Gilson, Lottie

text: Courtship

text: Dating (Social custom)

text: Humorous songs

text: Waltzes

text: Platonic love

text: Photostat.

text: Text of 3 verses of song and spoken interludes printed on p. 2.

text: Cover includes a photograph of Lottie Gilson.  Cover design also includes drawings of a man and woman bicycling, bathing, riding in a buggy, and sitting together.

text: On cover:  Up to date song with waltz chorus...sun by "the little magnet" Miss Lottie Gilson.

text: composed by George Rosey, written by W. Murdoch Lind.

title: You don't have to marry the girl

title: But you don't have to marry the girl. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: You, only you ever so true. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1895New York ; ChicagoPetrie Music Company

namePart: Keen, Walter P.

namePart: Rosenthal, J. E.

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover illustration by J. E. Rosenthal of 411 Pearl St., N.Y. shows a woman's face and torso inside a locket.

text: words and music by Walter P. Keen

title: You, only you

title: Of whom do I dream in the day and the night?  Of you, only you. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The grass that carpets yonder lawn. [first line]

originInfo: 1895Los AngelesS. Seiler

namePart: Burke, M. G.

namePart: Seiler, S.

text: Nature

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: Dedication on cover and above caption title:  To Miss M. G. Burke, St. Louis, Mo.

text: music by S. Seiler, words by Miss M. G. B.

title: Your voice I love to hear

text: Sheet music


title: Ent'ring in the gateway, at the break of day. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Mackin, Dennis

namePart: Mackin, Margaret

text: Happiness

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: Dedication above caption title:  Dedicated to my wife.

text: Summary:  The narrator is ecstatic about his girlfriend who he imagines will eventually be his wife.

text: words and music by Dennis Mackin.

title: The airy fairy little firl who loves me

title: 'Tis the airy fairy little girl who loves me. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Talk about a coon having trouble. [first line]

originInfo: 1901New York ; Chicago ; LondonM. Witmark & Sons

text: African Americans

text: Money

type: geographic

text: United States

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Interpersonal conflict

text: Desertion

text: Ragtime music

text: Courted into Court. [musical]

text: On cover: Photograph of May Irwin.

text: words and music by Ernest Hogan.

title: All coons look alike to me

title: All coons look alike to me. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Jack was a bright eyed youngster, merry and gay was he. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Milwaukee, Wis.Chas. K. Harris

namePart: Harris, Chas. K. (Charles Kassell) (1864-1930)

namePart: Clauder, Jos. (Joseph) (1853-1913)

namePart: Fitz-Simons, Thos. J.

text: Children

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Parasols

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Teasing

text: Cover includes a photograph of a young boy carrying an opened parasol with a young girl at his side holding his arm.  Photograph copyrighted by S. L. Stein, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

text: Summary:  Jack is playing with Mamie when he throws her hat into the water; she runs home.  Then Jack retrieves the hat from the water to give back to Mamie who cries.  Years later they are still in a relationship when Jack vows to go away.  Mamie thinks he's teasing, but when Jack leaves on a boat, the boat never returns.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top right:  Thos. J. Fitz-imons.

text: words and music by Chas. K. Harris.

title: All for the love of a girl

title: All for the love of a dear little girl. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Geisha. Amorous goldfish. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1896Boston ; New York ; ChicagoWhite-Smith Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Tempest, Marie (1866-1942)

namePart: Greenbank, Harry

text: Goldfish

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  Sung by Miss Marie Tempest...song from the Japanese musical play The geisha.

text: Cover illustration includes a drawing of two fish in water.

text: Summary:  Told in a humorous vein, a goldfish is in love with a officer (her human owner), but is depressed when he brings home a girlfriend.  An accident causes the goldfish bowl to fall down and break and the goldfish dies.

text: Version in G major.

text: words by Harry Greenbank;  music by Sidney Jones.

title: The amorous goldfish

title: A goldfish swam in a big glass bowl, as dear little goldfish do. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Lady slavey. And then he woke up. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1896New YorkSpaulding & Gray

namePart: Daly, Dan

namePart: Johnson, Philander Chase (1866-1939)

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Men's dreams

text: Topical songs

text: On cover:  The comic song hit of 1896...written expressly for Lederer and Canary's American production of The lady slavey, and sung nightly with unbounded success by Mr. Dan Daly.

text: Summary:  Each verse describe a situation after which the narrator reveals that it was a dream:  1) Adam wishes for a mate, gets Eve, and then has regrets; 2) The narrator wins a bet on a racehorse but then spends away his money; 3 The narrator is in an accident caused by a bicycle; he begins to swear at the driver before realizing it's a woman; 4) A husband and wife have a good financial stable marriage until the doctor announces the wife is to have twins.

text: words and music by Philander Johnson.

title: And then he woke up

title: In the garden of Eden 'midst flowers and trees, lay Adam in slumber deep. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: They have gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Seevers, George, B.

namePart: House, Chas.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Adultery

text: Reminiscing

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Lost articles

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  Mock ballad.

text: Summary:  Each of the 4 verses and chorus humorously describe a state which the narrator no longer has.  1) He enjoyed his boyhood friends but no longer has them; 2) he had a watch and chain from his father but no longer has it; 3) As a prospector he gained wealth but no longer has it; 4) He brought a friend to meet his wife, but no longer has her as the friend and wife have fallen for one another.

text: On cover:  Introduced with unbounded success by the only Wm. Hoey in a grand revival of Evans and Hoey's A parlor match. Cover includes a full-length photograph of William Hoey in costume.

text: words by Charles House ; music by G.B. Seevers.

title: As they did in [the] days of Yore

title: As thro' this world we travel, when old and gray we get. [first line]

title: Parlor match. As they did in days fo yore. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Lovers are silly young things, you know, and I am as silly as any. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

text: Women domestics

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

type: citation/reference

text: Cover includes a drawing of a woman dressed as a housekeeper carrying a feather duster and pan.  The upper portion of the cover is enveloped in a huge feather duster.

text: On cover:  As produced by Canary and Lederer at the N.Y. Casino.

text: Summary:  The narrator has been engaged twice but loves to be called baby.

text: words by Hugh Morton ;  music by Gustave Kerker.

title: Baby, baby

title: Baby, baby, that is the name I love. [first line of chorus]

title: Lady Slavey. Baby, baby. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896New York ; LondonT.B. Harms & Co. ; Francis, Day & Hunter

namePart: Shamberg, Flora

text: Women domestics

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover includes a list of songs in the musical The lady slavey.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top right:  Flora Shamberg.

title: Baby, baby

text: Sheet music


text: Women domestics

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Left and top edge of cover discolored.

title: Baby, baby

text: Sheet music

publisher: T.B. Harms & Co. ; Francis, Day & Hunter


title: Quite early in life these two words I was taught, be particular. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkThe New York Music Co.

namePart: Ward, Chas. B.

namePart: Meyer, Herbert J.

namePart: Walker, George H.

text: Waltzes

text: Conduct of life

text: Dedication on cover at top center:  Respectfully dedicated to Mr. Geo. H. Walker, the popular manager Austin and San Antonia, Texas.

text: Summary:  The narrator advises to be particular in life, whether courting a woman, or making transactions with others.

text: words by Herbert J. Meyer ;  music by Chas. B. Ward.

title: Be particular

title: Now then, let's sing it in song be particular. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Be what you used to be, long, long ago, say once again to me "I love you so!" [first line]

originInfo: 1896New York [etc.]M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: French, L. M.

namePart: Willis, Louise

text: Love songs

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover:  Sung by Miss Louise Willis with Eddie Foy's American travesty co.  Cover includes photograph of Louise Willis.

text: Summary:  The narrator asks the other person to be as they formerly were and say I love you.

text: words by Arthur J. Lamb ; music by L.M. French.

title: Be as you used to be

text: Sheet music


title: We love them all, those Southern girls; we love their sunny land. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896[St. Louis]T.E. Barry

namePart: Barry, T. E.

namePart: Durand, Herbert

namePart: Townsend, H. C.

text: Waltzes

type: name

nameType: corporate

text: St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway Company

text: Women

text: Southern States

text: Cover has 15 drawings containing portraits of women, each with a caption of different cities.

text: Dedication on cover at top right:  Dedicated to the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern [Railway]. Iron Mountain route.

text: On cover at bottom right:  Compliments of H. C. Townsend, general passenger and ticket agent, the Missouri Pacific Railway Co., and leased, operated and independent lines, St. Louis, Mo.

text: Summary:  A little girl reads a booklet while her father explains that the pictures depict women from various towns in the southern United States.

text: words by Herbert Durand ; music by T.E. Barry.

title: The beauties on our line

title: A pretty blue-eyed maiden, with a booklet in her hand. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: In a hammock by my side sat a maid with eyes of blue. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Williamsport, Pa.Vandersloot Music Co.

namePart: Kohn, M. H.

namePart: Hern, Frank

text: Reminiscing

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: Chorus arranged for 4-part chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, bass).

text: Cover includes a photograph of M. H. Kohn with a reproductions of his signature.

text: On cover:  The latest popular success.

text: Stain on cover in upper right corner.

text: Summary:  A man has fallen in love with a women with beautiful eyes; but this was in the past and now it's only a memory.

text: words by Frank Hern ; music by M.H. Kohn.

title: Beautiful eyes that I love so well

title: Beautiful eyes that I love so well, holding me ther by their magic spell. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: On cover:  The latest popular success.

title: Beautiful eyes that I love so well

text: Sheet music


title: The dearest little creature is she whom I adore. [first line]

namePart: Ivison, Eward

namePart: Lind, W. Murdoch

text: Couples

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover includes reproduction of a painting showing a man and woman walking in a park.

text: [A young pair walking along the garden.]

text: Summary:  The narrator is enraptured by love for his girlfriend.

text: words by W. Murdoch Lind ; music by Eward Ivison.

title: Because I love my girl

title: O, how I love my girl! She is all the world to me. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: When the black four hundred gives their grand reception. [first line]

originInfo: 1896[s.n.]The Globe

namePart: Johnson, Billy (1858-1916)

text: African Americans

text: Receptions -- United States

text: Upper class

text: United States

text: Summary:  African Americans gather for a party/reception featuring the highest persons in African American society.

text: Printed on page of the Sunday Globe newspaper [unidentified city].

text: Verso of page programs a perpetual calendar for the nineteenth century and an illustrated strip, "How a young and loving couple kept their tryst."

text: words by Billy Johnson; music by Bob Cole.

title: The black four hundred's ball

title: All the hot dressed coons of the black four hundred, the public wonderd. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Violets, bluebells, and roses, precious as jewels to me. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896PhiladelphiaJ.E. Winner

namePart: French, Arthur

text: Lyres

text: Swans

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Flowers

text: Summary:  The narrator is fond of blossoms which serve as a reminder of home.

text: Cover drawing shows a woman leaning against a rock by the sea, a lyre partially hidden at her right side, with two geese at her feet.

text: words by Arthur French ; music by J.P.  Skelly.

title: Blossoms from over the sea

title: Fragrant with breath of the meadows far from whose beauty I roam. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Within the vined arbor we lingered that night. [first line]

originInfo: Fall River, Mass.J. Edmund Estes

namePart: Estes, J. Edmund

namePart: Estes, Jennie L.

text: Moonlight

text: Couples

text: Flowers

text: Angels

text: Love songs

text: Summary:  The narrator sits with a girlfriend in an arbor, comparing love to flowers that do not fade; the image remains the same even in their old age.

text: Cover shows illustration of a man and woman seated by a wall heavily covered with flowering bushes and vines; in the background can be seen the moon over a plain with trees.  Three cherubs carrying flowers adorn the illustration.

text: Text of lyrics printed on page [2].

text: words by J. Edmund Estes ; music by Jennie L. Estes.

title: Blossoms unfading

title: Blossoms unfading, our life pervading. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: When a boy while sweeping out a bank, I found ten thousand dollars. [first line]

originInfo: New YorkM Witmark & Sons

namePart: McAvoy, James

namePart: Daly, Dan

text: Characters and characteristics

text: Fathers

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  Dan Daly's great laugh creator introduced by him in "A lady slavey" co.  Cover includes a photograph of Dan Daly.

text: Summary:  The narrator describes various humorous incidents that shock his father.

text: Text of "extra verses" printed on page [2].

text: written by James McAvoy.

title: The blow almost killed father

text: Sheet music


title: To the blue and the gray who are one today, come drink this toast tonight. [first line of march]

originInfo: New YorkM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Rosenbecker, Adolph

namePart: O'Rourke, Eugene

text: Friendship

text: Confederate States of America. Army

text: United States

text: On cover:  Patriotic song and chorus.  Upper left half of cover is printed in blue, bottom right half of cover printed in grey.  Image in upper right area shows two hearts tied together.

text: Summary:  Whereas they fought against each other and where memories of the dead lie, today Confederate and Union soldier drink a toast as friends.

text: words by M. E. Rourke ; music by Adolph Rosenbecker.

title: The blue and gray are one today

title: 'Twas many years since last they met soldier of blue and soldier of gray. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, bold Pierre was a mousquetaire who fought for la belle France. [first line]

namePart: Wilson, Francis

namePart: Engländer, Ludwig (1853-1914)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

text: Marriage

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover:  Half a king, Francis Wilson's comic opera success produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre, N.Y.

text: Summary:  The narrator tells the story of Pierre, a dashing French knight who was popular with women; then the widow Margot forced him to marry her and now he's doing domestic household work.

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by Ludwig Engländer.

title: Bold Pierre

title: Half a king. Bold Pierre. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Bon jour sait she monsieur! Tra la la lala la la la! [first line of chorus]

namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

namePart: Russell, Lillian (1861-1922)

text: Women

text: France

text: Humorous songs

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  An American beauty, as produced by Lillian Russell Opera Company at the N. Y. Casino under the direction of Canary and Lederer. Cover includes portrait photograph of Lillian Russell.

text: Summary:  Told in a French accent, the narrator tells of a young French woman who enjoys dancing and partying and flirts with a man; she is then arrested an summoned to court but gets out free presumably because the judge was the person with which she flirted the previous night.

text: words by Hugh Morton ; music by Gustave Kerker.

title: Bon Jour Monsieur

title: American beauty. Bon jour monsieur. [uniform title]

title: At ze great French ball, mamselle la foldol, une jolie, petite demoiselle. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: We are members of the "Boy's Brigade" and our comrades we will always aid. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Cincinnati, OhioIlsen & Co.

namePart: Story, Pauline Brutting

text: Boys

text: Child soldiers

text: Summary: The Boy's Brigade is made up of young boys from different homes but joined together in common cause for patriotism.

text: words and music by Pauline B. Story.

title: The boy's brigade

title: Listen to the "Boys Brigade" a comin' down the street. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, if iv'ry young gel wuz a blackbird or thrush. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Cincinnati ; New York ; ChicagoThe John Church Company

namePart: Edwards, Julian (1855-1910)

namePart: Stange, Stanislaus (d. 1917)

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover:  Vocal and instrumental selections from the phenomenal operatic success Brian Boru.

text: Summary:  A duet between the characters Baby and O'Hara with Irish and [Scottish?] accents, in which they tell of the characteristics of men and women and how they meet.

text: Cover printed in light brown ink.

text: written by Stanislaus Stance ; composed by Julian Edwards.

title: The boys and the girls

title: Brian Boru. Boys and the girls. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover printed in black ink.

title: The boys and the girls

text: Sheet music


title: In all this world ther's not a girl that some heart doesn't thrill. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Levi, Maurice

namePart: Dillon, Harry

namePart: Titus, Lydia Yeamans (1866?-1929)

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover inscribed by former owners:  From Frank Stevens to Daisy Hardesty, July 8, 1896.

text: On cover:  Latest popular successes sugn by Lydia Yeamans-Titus, the charming cantratrice.  Cover includes 4 photgraphs of Lydia Yeamans Titus with a reproduction of her signature.

text: Summary:  The narrator is enraptured by his girlfriend.

text: words by Harry Dillon ; music by Maurice Levi.

title: Boys, she's a dream

title: All kinds of girls, boys, no two are the same. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Think often of your mother lad, whatever, may, befall. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHolzmann, Gerber & Co.

namePart: Gerber, Nat

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Mothers and sons

text: Family life

text: Summary: A young man was leaving home to seek fortune overseas; his tearful mother told him to remember her; years pass without a word; he finally returns about to die for having led a wayward life, and survived on his mothers pleas of remembrance.

text: Cover shows illustration, "after painting by Thomas Hovenden," of a home scene in a dining room where the son is leaving, is mother holding on to him, with others in the room; a dog by the fireplace looks on.

text: words by Nat Gerber ; music by A. Holzmann.

title: Breaking home ties

title: A lad was leaving home and friends to sail across the sea. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The last link is broken that bound me to thee. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Chicago ; [etc.]Sol Bloom

namePart: Northrup, Theo. H. (Theodore H.)

namePart: Munion, L.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Cover illustration shwos a gathering of flowers and two hearts with a chain that is broken.

text: On cover:  A beautiful love song and chorus.  Under caption title:  Song with waltz refrain.

text: Summary:  Though they once were in love, the narrator and friend have broken up.

text: words by L. Munion [Muionen] ; music by Theo.  H. Northrup.

title: Broken links

title: Links that are broken, between us in life. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Long years ago, when but a lad, I knew a little brown eyed maid. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkN.E. Byers & Co.

namePart: Byers, Ninian Edward

namePart: Kaemmerer, Frederick Hendrik (1839-1902)

text: Couples

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  New parlor songs by Ninian E. Byers.  Cover includes portrait photograph of Byers.

text: Attribution below caption title says:  W. E. Byers. [sic]

text: Summary:  The narrator is enraptured by his girlfriend who has promised to marry him.

text: Cover includes reproductions of a painting by Frederick Hendrik Kaemmerer showing a man and woman dressed in 18th century clothes, walking in a forest by a lake with a moon in the background.

text: Handwritten dedication by the composer on cover at top center:  The sisters, with compliments, Byers.

text: words and music by W.E. Byers.

title: Brown eyed Nell

title: Brown eyed Nell is so charming, her heart so gay. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: With aching heart and tear stained cheeks, a woman sad and lone. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkPhipps & Alpuente

namePart: Browne, Edwin

namePart: Fischer, Ernest

namePart: White, Joseph M.

text: Mothers and sons

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Waltzes

text: Dealer's stamp on first page of music at top right:  Phipps & Alpuente, 21 East 20th St., New York.

text: Professional copy, lacking cover.

text: Summary:  An unhappy woman rocks in a chair; her young son sees that she's upset and comes to tell her that he'll take care of her. Even in old age, the son has kept his word.

text: Signature of former owner on first page of music at top left and rear cover:  Ernest Fischer, 130 W. 104 St. [New York].

text: words by Edwin Browne ; music by Joseph M. White.

title: A child's devotion, or, I'll take care of you

title: Loving words from childish lips, oft times lighten sorrow. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: On the garden gate we're swinging, in the trees the birds are singing. [first line of chorus]

text: Children playing

text: Couples

text: Reminiscing

text: Waltzes

text: Childhood

text: Summary:  The narrator recalls childhood days when he or she played with their sister in innocence.

text: words and music by N.E. Byers.

title: Childhood days

title: I'm thinking tonight of the days long ago, of rollicking, frolicking childhood. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Christmas bells are ringing, inviting souls to pray. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkSpaulding & Gray

namePart: Godwin, Will

text: Bells

text: Waltzes

text: Christmas music

text: Cover illustration shows a gathering of bells hung from a tree branch, with both brance and bells lightly covered in snow.

text: On cover:  The great London success.

text: Summary:  Christmas comes only once a year; it's a time to forgive old wrongs, sing carols, and welcome the new year.

text: words and music by Will Godwin.

title: Christmas bells are ringing

title: All hail to old Father Christmas again, he only comes once a year. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The clock will tell when day departs, for time ticks gaily on. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Kelly, John T.

text: Death

text: Life cycle, Human

text: Longcase clocks

text: Time

text: Waltzes

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Jos. Natus in Hoyt's "A black sheep" co.  Cover includes portrait photograph of Joe Natus.

text: Cover illustrations shows drawings of a grandfather clock at center, to the right side of which is an elderly bearded, bald reaper with scythe; to the right is a woman sitting on the steps of a building stoop, looking dejected, and being covered with snow; to the left women and men are dancing at a ball.

text: Summary:  Where once a woman lived in wealth, she now lives in poverty, and is eventually found dead.  Time keeps moving on.

text: written and composed by John T. Kelly.

title: The clock will never strike again the hours that have passed

title: In a quaint old country vilage stands, a plain old fashioned home. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Reconciliation. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1896New YorkJames I. Horton

namePart: Horton, James I.

namePart: Bradey, Billy

text: Couples

text: Reconciliation

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: On cover:  Introduced by Billy Bradey with Coon Hollow co.

text: Summary:  A young man dare to write a letter to his girlfriend asking forgiveness; she responds with reconciliation and will profess love again.

text: words and music by James I. Horton.

title: Come back sweetheart, or, Reconciliation

title: A young man sat by a fire side and looking at a picture he cried. [first line]

title: Come back, sweet heart, come back loved one, do! [first line of chorus]

title: Coon Hollow. Come back sweetheart. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: The beautiful land of Nod. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1896[New York]Howley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919)

namePart: Bedell, Augusta Preston

text: Lullabies

text: Reprinted in an unidentified issue of the periodical Ev'ry month.  Page 16 contains the beginning of a section of prose titled Angus.

text: Summary: Lullaby that summons imagery of being taken to the land of Nod.

text: words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox ; music by Augusta Preston Bedell.

title: Come cuddle your head on my shoulder, or, The beautiful land of Nod

text: Sheet music


title: I have such a nice little way with me. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1896New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Hawtrey, G. P.

namePart: Plumpton, Alfred (1840-1902)

text: Flirting

nameType: personal

text: Held, Anna, 1877?-1918

text: Summary:  I am a stranger here so come play with me.

text: On cover:  Anna Held's great song.  Cover includes a photograph of Anna Held.

text: words by G.P. Hawtrey ; music by Alfred Plumpton.

title: Come play with me, or, I have such a nice little way with me

title: For I have such a way with me, a way with, me a way with me. [first line of chorus]

title: I have not been here very long, as yet I'm quite a stranger. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Let me tell to you, ma chere, of a terrible affaire. [first line]

namePart: Jennings, N. A. -- (Napoleon Augustus) (1856-1919)

namePart: Davies, Syd

text: Women

text: France

text: Humorous songs

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: Fortune hunters

text: Cover designed by Syd Davies.

text: Summary:  A single French woman speaks broken English, saying how she's sailing to America but will refuse amorous advances because she wants a millionaire. She begins to refuse another man until he tells her he's a millionaire.

text: On cover:  As sung by Marri Osborne in Jack and the beanstalk as produced by Klaw & Erlanger at the New York Casino. Cover includes photograph of Marri Osborne.

text: words by N.A. Jennings ; music by John L. Golden.

title: Com-pren-a-voo?

title: Comprenavoo, monsieur? Ho you say? Ees it clear? [first line of chorus]

title: Jack and the beanstalk. Com-pren-a-voo? [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: When will this heart rest, oh! when will it be. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896[San Francisco]The Zeno Mauvais Music Co.

namePart: Marshall, Jas. H.

namePart: Wolff, Walter

namePart: Sutton, Joseph

namePart: Lawrence, Fred

text: Prisoners

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Waltzes

text: Hope

text: Signature of former owner on cover center:  Fred Lawrence.

text: On cover:  A beautiful descriptive song with waltz chorus as sung by the great California singer Jos. Sutton.  Cover includes portrait photograph of Joseph Sutton.

text: Summary:  A convict solliloquizes, acknowleding his crime of forgery, wishing to see his family again, hoping to be free or his heart will break, trusting in God's mercy.

text: written and composed by Jas. H. Marshall & Walter Wolff.

title: A convict's hope

title: Thinking of home and of freedom, restless and sleepless tonight. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Time will come when you'll remember, the promise you made long ago. [first line]

originInfo: 19001896New YorkA.M. Hall

namePart: Hall, A. M.

namePart: West, Arthur

namePart: Gilson, Lottie

text: Flowers

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Deception

text: Love songs

text: On cover:  Sung by Lottie Gilson in vaudeville.  Cover includes portrait photograph of Lottie Gilson.

text: Printed as supplement to the New York Journal & Advertiser, September 16, 1900, pages 5-8.

text: Summary:  The narrator speaks to her boyfriend telling him that she knew he was false, but she had love for him; she wonders if he'll ever remember her.

text: words by Arthur J. West ; music by A.M. Hall.

title: Could you but know how well I loved you

title: Could you but know how well I loved you. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: When Crappy Dan's a' comin' yo' can hear de niggahs runnin'. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Boston ; New York ; ChicagoWhite-Smith Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Trevathan, Charles E.

text: African Americans

text: Gambling

text: Gamblers

text: Deception

text: Drawn cover illustration by L. S. Fisher is of a stereotyped well-dressed African American man with bowler hat, smoking a cigar, with cane tucked under his right arm, in a stance suggestive of gambling.

text: Summary:  Crappy Dan introduces himself as a successful gambler with bones [dice]; most are afraid of his prowess, but he reveals that the dice are weighted to give him sevens.

text: On cover:  May Irwin's latest character success!  Cover includes portrait photograph of May Irwin and a reproduction of her signature.

text: words and music by Chas. E. Trevathan.

title: Crappy Dan de spo'tin' man

title: My name is Crappy Dan I'm a spo'tin' man. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: We're pickaninnies funny, my goodness, my honey. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Cleveland, O.The Premium Music Publishing Co.

namePart: Henry, Hi. -- (Hiram Patrick) (b. 1844)

text: African Americans

text: Folk dancing

text: Singing

text: Broadside; above caption:  A new coon song with compliments of the author Mr. Hi. Henry.

text: Summary:  Stereotyped ethnic song describing singing, dancing and laughing.

text: Verso contains advertisement for Hi. Henry's minstrels.

text: words and music by Hi. Henry.

title: Crazy Pickaninnies

title: We're happy and free as de sunshine above us. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: We're an airy, fairy, cheery, lot of murderers. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

text: Murderers

text: To 1899

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  3d annual review, as produced by Canary and Lederer at the N.Y. Casino. [includes list of songs].

text: Summary:  We're serious murderers yet cheery.

text: Inclues 16 bars of labeled Dance after end of chorus.

text: words by Hugh Morton ; music by Gustave Kerker.

title: The cripple creek bandits

title: In gay New York. Cripple Creek bandits. [uniform title]

title: In us you see a disreputable gang! [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The cripple creek bandits

text: Sheet music


title: Free Cuba. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1896Newark, N.J.Chas. W. Boughton

namePart: Huebner, Marie M.

text: Flags

text: Cuba

text: March (Music)

text: Cover includes image of the Cuban flag.

text: Dedication on cover:  Dedicated to the patriots of Cuba.

text: March and two-step for piano.

text: [by] Marie M. Huebner.

title: Cuba libre = Free Cuba

title: Free Cuba. [alternative title]

text: Sheet music


title: Viva Cuba libre. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1896BostonG.W. Setchell

namePart: Quesada, Gonzalo de (1868-1915)

namePart: Hayes, George H.

namePart: Fisher, E. S.

text: Flags

text: Cuba

text: March (Music)

text: For piano.

text: Dedication on cover:  To Senor Gonzalo de Quesada.

text: Cover design by L. S. Fisher includes a Cuban flag with a wreath in the background.

text: composed by George H. Hayes

title: Cuban march "Viva Cuba libre!"

title: Viva Cuba libre. [alternative title]

text: Sheet music


title: Down in Johnson's cellar meets de Darktown colored band. [first line]

namePart: Miller, Harry S.

namePart: Cragg, Geo. A.

namePart: Wehman, Henry J.

text: African Americans

text: Bands

text: Banjos

text: Cover design by Wechsler shows a black woman wearing a top hat, playing a banjo; near here marches a black cherub wearing hat and carrying a baton.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at lower right:  Long's music shop, 318 D Street, San Bernardino, Calif.

text: Printed as the supplement to The San Francisco Examiner, Feb. 23, 1896.

text: Summary:  The Darktown Colored Band make everyone excited and happy.

text: words and music by Harry S. Miller.

title: The darktown colored band

title: Den oh my honey, kiss me nice, kiss me twice, um, um. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, far away over in Sweden, dwells a maid I long to see. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Pittsburg, Pa.Basler's Music House

namePart: Miskel-Hoyt, Caroline (1873-1898)

namePart: Ellsworth, Eugene

text: Women

text: Sweden

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right:  For sale by Wehman, 130 & 132 Park Row, New York.

text: Dedication on cover:  Respectfully dedicated to Caroline Miskel-Hoyt sung with great success nightly in Hoyt's "A contented woman" co.  Cover includes two photographs of Caroline Miskel-Hoyt, one in profile, and one in full-length with the caption:  A neat little foot, oh, so dainty.

text: On cover:  The latest waltz-song triumph!...A beautiful love song of a dainty, Swedish belle, set to a dreamy waltz melody.

text: Summary:  Erica, a dainty woman living in Sweden is the object of the narrator's affection; since her parents are wealthy and he is not, he is working to make his fortune and then marry Erica.

text: words and music by Eugene Ellsworth.

title: Dainty, saintly Erica

title: Contented woman. Dainty, saintly Erica. [uniform title]

title: Dainty, saintly Erica, I love you. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I sat alone on a summer day, and watched the clouds on high. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Philadelphia, Pa. ; Chicago, Ill.G.W. Bertron

namePart: Vickers, Geo. M. (George M.)

namePart: Damrosch, Walter (1862-1950)

text: Conductors

text: Orchestras

text: Daydreaming

text: Dedication on cover and above caption title:  Dedicated to Walter Damrosch.  Cover includes photograph of Walter Damrosch and lithograph by H.S.P. of a conductor leading an orchestra.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom left:  J. H. Reeve, dealer in everything in musical line, teacher of the guitar, banjo & mandolin, 813 Emerson St., Saginaw, Mich.

text: Summary: The narrator sees an unknown face in a day dream; after wondering why, the narrator assumes it is a mate.

text: words and music by Geo. M. Vickers.

title: A day dream

text: Sheet music


title: The spring in vernal splendor now returns with lightsome tread. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Brooklyn, N.Y.Charles Coleman

namePart: Chambers, Augusta Howe

text: Grief -- 1800-1899

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Cover printed in green and brown ink.

text: Cover includes photograph of unidentified elderly woman, possibly Augusta Howe Chambers.  Remainder of cover includes floral design.

text: Summary:  Nature goes on, but love has left me.

text: written and composed by Augusta Howe Chambers.

title: The day love died

title: The day, the day love died, dear, my cheeks with tears were wet. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Bennett, Harry Sinclair

text: Grief -- 1800-1899

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Cover printed in blue ink.

text: On cover:  Sung and introduced by Harry Sinclair Bennett.  Cover includes photograph of Harry Sinclair Bennett.

title: The day love died

text: Sheet music


title: Walking for dat sugar coated cake. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

text: African Americans

text: Cakewalk (Dance)

text: Cover illustration shows an ethnic stereotyped image of an African American man and woman smiling, well-dressed, arm in arm; the woman carries a fan, the man carries a top hat.  On right side is a cake with the caption:  Darkey event au fait.

text: On cover:  The "big thing" in coon songs.

text: Summary:  In stereotyped ethnic language, the narrator looks forward to the town's calkwalk, and knows that he and his wife will dance better than all others.

text: written and composed by Dave Reed Jr.

title: De Coonville grand cake-walk

title: Oh dare gwine to be a cakewalk in de town. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: When I walk dat levee roun' roun' roun' roun'. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Newark, N.J.The Essex Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Cavanagh, John W., musician

namePart: Carlton, Will C.

text: African Americans

text: Musicals

text: Bullying

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  R. S. Gutman, No. 3, Ave. A, near Houston, N.Y.

text: Summary:  A bully has come to town but I'm going to prevent him from causing trouble.

text: On cover:  At last!...big hit in the "Widow Jones."

text: Text for 6 verses and 2 choruses found on page [5].  Also includes "notice to professionals" concerning directions on which verses to sing; "This is as May Irwin and Lew Spencer sings it with great success.

text: words by Will. C. Carleton ; music by J.W. Cavanagh.

title: De new Bully

title: Did you see de new bully dat just come to town. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: African Americans

text: Musicals

text: Bullying

text: Lacking pages 5-8.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom:  John P. Mooney, 97 Court St.[Boston, Massachusetts].

title: De new Bully

text: Sheet music


title: There came to the land of Japan to the seaport of fair Nagasaki. [first line]

originInfo: 1896LondonWhite-Smith Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Bradfield, W. Louis -- (Walter Louis) (1866-1919)

namePart: Greenbank, Harry

text: Geishas

text: Courtship

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Cover contains drawing of a Japanese woman with a fan in her left hand.

text: Summary:  A British seaman comes to Nagasaki, Japan, finds a Japanese woman.

text: Page 4 contains a page of dance music to be played after 3rd verse.  Page 5 contains text of 1st and 2 additional verses.

text: words by Harry Greenbank ; music by Sidney Jones.

title: The dear little Jappy-Jap-Jappy

title: Geisha. Dear little Jappy-Jap-Jappy. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Upon the bosom of a lake, some pure white lillies bloom. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkThe Temple Music Co.

namePart: Dunn, J. J.

namePart: Widmer, K. M.

text: Lilies

text: Life cycle, Human

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Summary:  The narrator speaks of finding and admiring a beautiful flower (a person), but then it dies.

text: On cover, pasted over publisher's imprint:  The Temple Music Co., 110 West 40th Street, New York.

text: song by J.J. Dunn Jr.

title: Dearest Lily

title: Dearest Lily, purest Lily, with your face so fair. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Jim and Nell were sweethearts ever since they went to school. [first line]

originInfo: 1896[New York]Jos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Thornton, James (1861-1938)

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Reconciliation

text: Soldiers

text: American

text: Love songs

text: Professional copy, lacking cover.

text: Summary:  Jim and Nell are sweethearts in love;  Jim finds a new love while Nell is heartbroken but hopefull; years later Jim becomes a soldier and Nell a Red Cross nurse; Nell finds Jim dying on the battlefield and recalls to him her words of hopeful reconciliation.

text: written and composed by James Thornton.

title: Don't give up the old love for the new

title: Don't give up the old love for the new. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896Jos. W. Stern & Co.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Reconciliation

text: Soldiers

text: American

text: Love songs

text: Photostat of original; lacking cover.

text: written and composed by James Thornton.

title: Don't give up the old love for the new

text: Sheet music


title: They were engaged to be married, a couple so loving and free. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkThe Bergé Music Co.

namePart: Brittany, Louis

text: Factories

text: Couples

text: Pleading (Begging)

text: Rejection (Psychology)

text: Love songs

text: Cover includes 3 scenes illustrating the song:  1) at top right, the man and woman walk to the factory with his arm around hers; 2) she, now a well dressed woman, appears to ignore him; 3) he, now a well-dressed man, has his arms open to her, now of less fortune.

text: Summary:  Two factory workers fall in love; the woman become rich and turns away from the man who sings the chorus entreating her not to ignore him; years go by and he becomes rich while she becomes a pauper; they meet and then she sings the chorus entreating him not to ignore her.

text: words and music by Louis Brittany.

title: Don't pass me by like a stranger

title: Don't pass me by like a stranger, to love you it can't be a crime. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Don't send her away, John, don't send her away. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896BostonThe B.F. Wood Music Co.

namePart: Rosenfeld, Monroe H.

namePart: Browne, Raymond A. (1871-1922 )

namePart: Quigley, John J.

namePart: Howland, Harry H.

text: Forgiveness

text: Waltzes

text: Parental rejection

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right:  Kornder's music store, 487 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

text: Dedication on cover at top center:  To our mutual friend Mr. Harry H. Howland, N.Y.

text: Summary:  A woman approaches a home; the man opens the door, revealing he is the woman's father and tries to send her away, but the mother pleads that he let her in; the man changes his mind and forgives his daughter.

text: On cover:  As sung by America's sweetest boy tenor John J. Quigley.  Cover includes profile photograph of John J. Quigley.

text: words by Raymond A. Browne ; music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld.

title: Don't send her away!

title: A travel-stained and footsore lassie stopped before a dwelling. [first line]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Lewis, Leona

text: Knocking

text: Forgiveness

text: Waltzes

text: Parental rejection

text: On cover:  The latest beautiful popular song as dramatically interpreted by the little gem, Leona Lewis.  Cover includes a photograph of Leona Lewis knocking on a door. Cover design by Syd Davis.

text: Signature of former owner at top of photograh:  Bennett Wm.?

title: Don't send her away!

text: Sheet music


title: Mankind is seldom true. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Curran, John P.

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Truthfulness and falsehood

text: On cover:  As sung by Jno. P. Curran (of Ward & Curran).  Includes photograph of Curran at lower right.

text: Summary:  On his way to his girlfriend, a man is stopped by his mother who tells him not to tell his girlfriend how much he loves her because, the mother says, a man is doomed to break a woman's heart.

text: On cover:  Paul Dresser's new hit.  Includes a photograph of Paul Dresser at top left.

text: words and music by Paul Dresser.

title: Don't tell her that you love her, or, Mankind is seldom true

title: A youth was on the way to see his sweetheart fond and true. [first line]

title: Don't tell her that you love her, don't say what you will do. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Woods, Joe M.

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Truthfulness and falsehood

text: On cover:  As sung by Mr. Joe M. Woods.  Includes photograph of Joe M. Woods at bottom right.

text: words and music by Paul Dresser.

text: Sheet music


title: I've just landed in America and Riley is me name. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Boston ; [etc.]Oliver Ditson Company

namePart: Wheeler, J. W. (James W.)

namePart: Buell, F. L.

text: Characters and characteristics

text: Songs, Irish

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top:  F. L. Buell, December 1, 1896.

text: Summary:  Riley and his wife are recent arrivals in America from Ireland;  Riley is bold, so don't cross him.

text: song and chorus by J.W. Wheeler.

title: Don't try to knock a chip from Riley's shoulder

title: All cheer the Rileys far and near, for theres none more brave or bolder. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: When you see me coming down the avenue. [first line]

originInfo: 1896ChicagoThe S. Brainard's Sons Co.

namePart: Verner, H. C.

text: Flirting

text: Summary:  The narrator walks down the street and asks whether she isn't the right girl.

text: On cover:  Sung with success by Flora Irwin.  Cover includes photograph of Flora Irwin.

text: words by Arthur J. Lamb ; music by H.C. Verner.

title: Don't you think I am just the girl

title: Don't you think I'm just the girl? Hey, boys, hey! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: She's my darling, all the children know. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoHenry J. Wehman

namePart: Large, W. L.

namePart: Miller, Harry S.

namePart: Cragg, Geo. A.

text: Mothers and sons

text: Alleys

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover illustration contains a drawing signed W. L. Large, Bklyn, of an alley with a door marked "Boys" and two garbage cans labeled Board of Education; also contains drawing of a woman labeled "Sally."

text: Summary:  The narrator lives in New York City, and admires Sally as do all the boys, but can't get married because he has an aged mother; he will wait despite Sally being 60 years old.

text: Dedication on cover at top:  Dedicated to the readers of the N. Y. Sunday World.

text: words and music by Harry S. Miller.

title: Down in Hogan's Alley

title: Of all the sweet girls in old New York, there's only one for me. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Within a crowded tenement where poorest folks abound. [first line]

originInfo: 1896LondonJos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Trevelyan, Arthur

namePart: Thornton, Bonnie

text: Tenement houses

text: Waltzes

text: Poverty

text: Poor families

text: Summary:  The narrator tells of a working girl living in a tenement in Poverty Row who helps contribute to her mother and brother's welfare and is the darling of the neighborhood.

text: Cover includes small drawing of a young girl on a stoop, leaving her tenement (with broken windows), her mother looking after her, while a group of boys looks on.

text: On cover:  The new electric hit...introduced by Bonnie Thornton, America's little mascot.  Cover includes photograph of Bonnie Thornton.

text: words by Gussie L. Davis ; music by Arthur Trevelyan.

title: Down in Poverty Row

title: Down in Poverty Row you will find this girl. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Down in Tomale Town, to my darling's home. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Bender, Edw. F.

namePart: Amando, O.

text: Courtship

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Houses

text: Lacking cover.

text: Summary:  The narrator, Jimmy Berry, is fond of Ann McNeary who lives in a house in Tomale Town; when he marries her, she'll move to a new house.

text: words by Edw. F. Bender ; music by O. Amando.

title: Down in Tomale Town

title: Almost ev'ry lad is now singing praises about his best girl. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Hush a bye my baby your mammy'll soon be nigh. [first line of chorus]

originInfo:
1896

      St. Louis

    Thiebes-Stierlin Music Co.

namePart: Kingsley, Edith

namePart: Daly, Lucy

text: Ohio River

text: African Americans

text: Family life

text: Rivers -- 1800-1899

text: River boats

text: Cover includes a portrait photograph of Lucy Daly with a reproduction of her inscription and signature.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom near right:  Thos. Shaw, music dealer, Wichita, Kansas.

text: Cover (inside the D of the title) contains drawing of a river boat.

text: Chorus adds chorus of alto, tenor, and bass to vocal and piano parts.

text: Each page of music contains illustrations of ethnic stereotyped African Americans and river scenes.

text: Summary:  In ethnic stereotyped language, a father enjoys showing his son the enjoyment of living near the Ohio river.

text: words and music by Edith Kingsley.

title: Down on the Ohio

title: Away down South in spring, when de birds begin to sing. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Ohio River

text: African Americans

text: Rivers

text: River boats

text: Cover includes photograph of Edith Kingsley with a reproduction of her signature.

text: words and music by Edith Kingsley.

title: Down on the Ohio

text: Sheet music


title: My mother placed her arms around me, and called me her darling boy. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 19081896New YorkHerbert H. Taylor

namePart: Taylor, Herbert H.

text: Reminiscing

text: Love, Maternal

text: Summary:  The narrator recalls his mother, her kindness, and love.

text: Collective cover page reads:  A collection of the best songs of the greatest writer of popular songs that ever lived.

text: words and music by Paul Dresser.

title: Dream of my boyhood days

title: I wander'd home from business cares, and sat down by the fire. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Who doesn't know the "Dugan kid" who lives in Hogans Alley. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHomer Tourjée Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Tourjee, Homer

namePart: Friday, Will. H., Jr.

namePart: Outcault, Richard Felton (1863-1928)

text: Characters and characteristics

text: Comic strip characters

text: Cover trimmed at edges;  at top:  ...character known as the little yellow kid, published in New York World.  Cover includes a drawing of the little yellow kid.

text: Summary:  Song extols the Dugan Kid who is known all over New York.

text: words by Wm. H. Friday, Jr., music by Homer Tourjée.

title: The Dugan Kid who lives in Hogan's Alley

title: He's a plain little chap, from the heart of New-York, is this gay little Dugan boy. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Up in de sky dars a yaller moon a-beamin'.  [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkJos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Koninsky, Sadie

text: African Americans

text: Couples

text: Cakewalk (Dance)

text: Summary:  In ethnic stereotyped language, the narrator describes African Americans enjoying dancing cakewalks.

text: Page 7 has music for piano only labeled Cake Walk.

text: Cover includes drawing of an African American male and female couple, arm in arm, apparently doing a cake walk (their feet obscured by the woman's dress).  Illustrator's device at left below woman's dress.

text: On cover:  A red hot number.

text: words by Dave Reed Jr. ; music by Sadie Koninsky.

title: Eli Green's cake-walk

title: Swing round and show yo' clothes my lady. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Riding one morning, my fare I'd just paid, oh, what a lovely day! [first line]

text: Courtship

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Flirting

text: On cover:  The latest & greatest addition to the ever-green "Shop-Girl," Gaiety Theatre, London...Introduced and sung with singular success by "the little mascot" Bonnie Thornton.

text: Summary:  The narrator meets a girl named Elsie, takes her out, and winds up marrying her.

text: words and music  by Harry Dacre.

title: Elsie from Chelsea

title: Elsie from Chelsea! I can think of nobody else-ie. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896New YorkEdward B. Marks Music Corporation

text: Courtship

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Flirting

text: Decorative border printed in blue and purple ink.

text: Collective cover page:  Old time favorites (with list of songs).

text: words and music  by Harry Dacre.

title: Elsie from Chelsea

text: Sheet music


text: Courtship

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Flirting

text: Decorative border printed in blue and red ink.

type: ownership

text: Gift of the Columbia Broadcasting System Inc., [1974].

text: words and music  by Harry Dacre.

title: Elsie from Chelsea

text: Sheet music


title: Over some game or toy, that brought us childish joy. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Shannon, James C.

namePart: Lawlor, Chas. B. (Charles B.) (1852-1925)

text: Quarreling

text: Dating (Social custom)

text: Waltzes

text: Summary:  Every boy and girl who are involved with each other have a quarrel; yet it's joyful to reminisce on the relationship.

text: Cover drawing (illustrator's device near center somewhat to the lower left) is of vines of flowers; at upper left is an idealized picture of a woman's face and flowing hair.

text: words and music by Chas. B. Lawlor and Jas. W. Blake.

title: Every boy has quarreled with his first sweetheart

title: Evry one can picture, when he was young and gay. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Evry body has their day, keep this in your memory. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Boston ; New York ; [etc.]Oliver Ditson Company

namePart: Le Mack, Thomas

namePart: Myers, J. W.

text: Waltzes

text: Conduct of life

text: Summary:  Even though life can be difficult, everyone has a time when things are better.

text: On cover:  Sung with great succes by the popular baritone J. W. Myers.  Cover includes photograph of J. W. Myers.

text: words and music by Thomas Le Mack.

title: Everybody has their day

title: 'Tis grand to see good natured people going through this life. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: When ev'ning shadows fell upon the dear old place. [first line of chorus]

namePart: De Vere, William (1844-1904)

namePart: Loraine, William (b. 1869)

namePart: Palmer, John F.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Reconciliation

text: Broken homes

text: Problem children

text: Dedication above caption title:  Respectfully dedicated to Wm. Devere [i.e. De Vere].

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  A story of everyday life.

text: On cover:  Introduced and sung with great success by Julius P. Witmark of Hoyt's "A trip to Chinatown" co.  Cover includes a profile photograph of Julius P. Witmark.

text: Additional chorus arranged for 4-part chorus, printed in chorus score on p. 5.

text: Summary:  In a country village lived a farmer and his wife and three boys; Jack, the "black sheep" of the family, leaves.  Years later he returns and the family is reuinited.

text: words by John F. Palmer ; music by Wm. Loraine.

title: Excepting Jack

title: In a little country village, lived a farmer and his wife. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: On a street in this great city at the close of one bright day. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkEd. E. Treumann & Co.

namePart: Maurice, M.

namePart: Treumann, Ed. E.

text: Chairs

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Reconciliation

text: Runaway children

text: On cover:  A song for stage and home. Sung with great success by the Silvers, Jere Mahoney and other prominent artists.

text: Summary: The narrator witnesses a scene on a busy city street of a father entreating his runaway daughter to return home.  She agrees, they hug and the crowd disperses.

text: Cover drawing depicts a chair.

text: words by M. Maurice ; music by Ed. E. Treumann.

title: Fill the vacant chair

title: Come home and be our sunshine the past we will forget. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Flora's my darling, the light of my life. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Boston ; New York ; ChicagoWhite-Smith Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Quin, J. Scrugham

namePart: Thorburn

namePart: Sedgwick, Frank A.

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design by Thorburn.

text: Chorus arranged for four-part chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, bass).

text: Summary: Flora is the girl who lives in the alley whom all the men adore.

text: Dedication above caption title:  To my friend Frank A. Sedgwick, leader Opera House Orchestra, Hartford, Conn.

text: words and music by J. Scrugham Quin.

title: Flora of our Alley

title: Down in our alley a maiden fair dwells, hansome and winning there's none that excells. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Playmates and sweethearts, little Nell and I. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkEmanuel Pergament

namePart: Blakelock, E. A.

namePart: Curry, J. T.

text: Death

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Summary:  The narrator recalls his childhood sweetheart Nell, whom he married.  Even though she is now dead, he still has fond memories of her.

text: On cover:  A new waltz song.

text: words by E.A. Blakelock ; music by J.T. Curry.

title: Fond memories

title: I am thinking of the old home where in childhood I did stray. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Geisha. Geisha's life. [uniform title]

namePart: Greenbank, Harry

namePart: Tempest, Marie (1866-1942)

text: Geishas

text: Musicals

text: Summary:  Humorously describes the life of a geisha and how men want her.

text: On cover:  Sung by Miss Marie Tempest...song from the Japanese musical play The geisha.

text: words by Harry Greenbank ; music by Sidney Jones.

title: A geisha's life

title: A geisha's life imagination tints with all the charming colour of the rose. [first line]

title: Geisha. Geisha's life. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Just picture a neat little cottage hidden among the trees. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkWill Rossiter

namePart: Marshall, Madeleine

namePart: Wilson, Alice

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Many pages contain property stamp of Alice Wilson.

text: On cover:  A pretty song for home...successfully sung by Madeline Marshall.  Cover includes photograph of Madeline Marshall sitting in a chair.

text: Summary:  I'm in love with my girl and she loves me too.

text: words and music by Gussie L. Davis.

title: The girl I love loves me

title: I know the girl I love, loves no one else but me. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Good and true you are to me, all my life I'll faithful be. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Greene, Lillian

namePart: Barker, Richard H.

namePart: Cooper, George (1840-1927)

text: Human life cycle

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by the popular soprano Miss Lillian Greene.  Cover includes a photograph of Lillitan Green with a reproduction of her signature.

text: Summary:  A boy is in love with a girl; they get married, have a child, and he knows that even when they are grey they will still love each other.

text: words by Geo. Cooper ; music by Richard H. Barker.

title: The girl of my boyhood's days

title: Down the lane we wnet to school, with hearts so light and free. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: There's only one girl I could love, and she's the world to me! [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Sung by Mr. Joseph Natus in Chas. H. Hoyt's immense success "A black sheep," Hoyt & McKee proprietors.  Cover includes a photograph of Joe Natus.

text: Summary:  The narrator is in love with and idolizing the idea of a woman and dreams about her.

text: words and music by Richard Stahl.

title: The girl you dream about

title: Black sheep. Girl you dream about. [uniform title]

title: That's the girl you dream about, when you awake she's gone. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: here's only one girl I could love, and she's the world to me! [first line]

originInfo: 19001896New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover illustration (copyright 1900 by American Lithographic Co., N.Y.) shows a seated woman, pausing while sewing, to look at a bird in a birdcage which rests on a window sill along with 5 flower pots.  In front of her is a spinning wheel; the top and bottom border of the picture is adorned with fllowers.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right:  W. H. Rider, 605 Warren St., Hudson, N. Y., 304 Wall St., Kingston, N. Y.

text: words and music by Richard Stahl.

title: The girl you dream about

text: Sheet music


title: Oh that's the way with little country girls. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

text: City dwellers

text: Women

authority: tgm

text: Clothing & dress

text: New York (State)

text: New York

text: Musicals

text: Innocence (Psychology)

text: On cover:  3d annual review as produced by Canary and Lederer at the N.Y. Casino. [includes a list of songs from production].

text: Summary:  the character Sallie (with interjections from the chorus) sings about how country girls change their image when they move to the city.

text: words by Hugh Morton ; music by Gustave Kerker.

title: Girlie girl

title: I came to town in a little gingham gown. [first line]

title: In gay New York. Girlie girl. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Red cow singing and a shoutin' at the moon, go 'way trouble, go' way! [first line]

namePart: Fitzgibbon, Dave

namePart: Arnold, Chas.

namePart: Harrison, Frances

text: African Americans -- Social life

text: Avoidance (Psychology)

text: On cover:  Melodie la Africaine, sung with great success by Frances Harrison and her "Black boys." Incldues photograph of Frances Harrison and 4 African American men, with heads on top of each other.

text: Summary: In stereotyped language, describes supposed scenes from African American life while admonishing to stay away from trouble.

text: Dedication on cover at top center:  Dedicated to Miss Frances Harrison.

text: Includes 8 bars of piano music after chorus labeled Dance, and 2 bars labeled Break.

text: words by Chas. W. Arnold ; music by Dave Fitzgibbon.

title: Go 'way trouble

title: Go 'way trouble, go annudder way, go 'way trouble, come annudder day. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The railroad train was crowded, on a cold December day. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoJos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Thornton, James (1861-1938)

namePart: Thornton, Bonnie

namePart: Carter, H.

namePart: Hauenschild, Clara

text: Prisoners

text: Blind persons

text: Girls

text: Pathos

text: Cover illustration of flowers by H. Carter.

text: On cover:  Latest descriptive ballad success...introduced and sung with great success by Bonnie Thornton, 'the little mascot." Cover includes photograph of Bonnie Thornton.

text: Summary: A train conductor questions a seven-year-old girl as to why she can't pay the fare; she's going to ask the governor for a pardon for her father, incarcerated for commiting a crime while under the influence of alcohol, but who is now going blind.  The conductor leads her to the governor who, at the pleading of his own daughter, grants the pardon.

text: words and music by James Thornton.

title: Going for a pardon

title: She was going for a pardon, on that cold December day. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Down at the races, keeping cases, we don't care a rap. [first line]

originInfo: 192319321896New YorkEdward B. Marks Music Corporation

namePart: Rosey, Geo. (George)

namePart: Rosenberg, G. M.

text: Gambling

text: Horse racing

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: On cover:  Old time favorites [with list of songs].

text: Summary: Describes horse racing and social events surrounding it.

text: words by Dave Reed Jr. ; music by George Rosey.

title: Handicap [or, The handicap march]

title: As home they fly, they dazzle your eye, you don't think where you are. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: There are all sorts of girls, there is ev'ry kind of girl. [first line of chorus]

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: Innocence (Psychology)

text: Summary:  Tells of 3 types of women who seem innocent by their demeanor.

text: Contains 16 bars of piano (only) music labeled "Dance" after chorus.

text: Cover drawing shows a woman dressed as a housekeeper holding a dustpan in her left hand, and a duster in her right hand; the upper portion of the image is of an enormous duster shaped as a tree.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  Hitchcock music store, 348 Sixth Avenue

text: On cover:  The lady slavey as produced by Canary and Lederer at the N.Y. Casino.

title: The harmless little girl [or, The harmless little girlie with the downcast eyes] - words by Hugh Morton ; music by Gustave Kerker.

text: Sheet music


title: I'll tell an old, old story, and how it came to pass. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

text: Cities & towns

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Pathos

text: Negative photostat; no cover.

text: Summary: A man, in an undefined relationship with Nell, goes off to the city and brings home a wife; that breaks Nell's heart and she dies.  While he is on his honeymoon, Nell is buried.

title: He brought home another - words and music by Paul Dresser.

title: He brought home another, and called her bride. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I saw an old grave yesterday, not many miles away. [first line]

namePart: Davies, Syd

text: Graves

text: Reminiscing

text: United States

text: History

text: Civil War, 1861-1865

text: Casualites

text: Soldiers

text: American

text: United States

text: Judgment

text: On cover:  As sung by Harry Sheldon.  Cover includes a full-length photograph of Harry Sheldon dressed in 18th century costume.

text: Cover design with abstraction by Syd Davies.

text: Summary: The sight of a grave inspires the narrator to recall deceased Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War, and how their mothers still mourn for them; the chorus, repeating words written on the gravestone, asks us not to judge the soldiers sicne they fought for a cause they believed was right.

text: words and music by Paul Dresser.

title: He fought for the cause he thought was right

title: He sleeps beneath an old oak tree, far, far from home and friends, tonight. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: There is a pretty little girl, who name is Kate. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkW.G. Parker

namePart: Eddy, William W.

namePart: Celeste, Marie

namePart: Allen, Horace P.

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  As sung by the charming young vocalist Marie Celeste.  Cover includes photograph of Marie Celeste with a reproduction of her signature.

text: Summary: The narrator is in love with Kate with whom he is engaged; he likens her to the guiding star of a ship.

text: words by Horace D. Allen; music by Wm. W. Eddy.

title: Her smile is all the world to me

title: Ev'ry evening just at eight. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: He's longing to marry a dear little bridge, so beautiful, charming and supple. [first line]

namePart: Greenbank, Harry

namePart: Bradfield, W. Louis -- (Walter Louis) (1866-1919)

text: Courtship

text: Deception

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Contains 12 bars of piano (only) music after chorus labeled "Dance."

text: On cover:  Sung by Mr. Louis Bradfield...from the Japanese musical play The Geisha.

text: Summary: Though everyone expects it, the narrators will make sure that the unnamed subject does not marry Molly, and will for the time being let him think he's lucky.  All will come to a  head at a Japanese party.

text: words by Harry Greenbank ; music by Sidney Jones.

title: Hey-diddle-diddle! When man is in love

title: For hey-diddle-diddle! when man is in love he thinks that he's lucky all others above. [first line of chorus]

title: Geisha. He-diddle-diddle! [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: The prince rides up to the palace gates and his eyes with tears are dim. [first line]

originInfo: 1896BostonJohn A. O'Shea

namePart: O'Shea, John

namePart: Horton, George

namePart: Clifford, Thomas E.

text: Love songs

text: Home

text: On cover:  As sung with great success by the popular baritone Thomas E. Clifford. Cover includes lithograph of Thomas E. Clifford by Geo. H. Walker & Co., Boston.

text: Summary:  A prince who lives in a stately mansion can be unhappy because he's unable to marry and share a home with a common woman; a yeoman can be happy because he lives at home with the woman he loves; I hope to find such because because love is the dearest home of all.

text: [words by] George Horton ; music by John A. O'Shea.

title: Home is where the heart is

text: Sheet music


title: Night has come, and de little stars are blinkin, honey meet me, honey do. [first line]

originInfo: 1896BostonOliver Ditson Company

namePart: Aronson, Rudolph (1856-1919)

text: African Americans

text: Dating (Social custom)

text: Flirting

text: On cover:  Composed for and dedicated to Miss May Irwin.  Cover includes a photograph of May Irwin.  Cover also includes drawing of cherubs, 2 of which hold up photograph of May Irwin.

text: Summary: In stereotyped language, the narrator of the song asks for a rendezvous with the woman of his affection; 2 succeeding verses depict 2 other men seeking a rendezvous with their girlfriends.

text: words by Dave Reed Jr. ; music by Rudolph Aronson.

title: Honey meet me do

title: Don't you pester I'se yo own Sylvester. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Honey on er my lips I love yo'. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Trevathan, Charles E.

namePart: Chickering, Elmer

text: African Americans

text: Honey

text: Sexual attraction

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  G. Schirmer, 35 Union Square, New York.

text: Summary:  In ethnic stereotyped dialect, the narrator admires his girlfriend, comparing her to honey of a bee and peach.

text: On cover:  Plantation song...sung by May Irwin.  Cover includes photograph of May Irwin by Elmer Chickering.

text: Former owner's stamp on cover at top right:  The Grand Hotel, Limited, Yokohama, Bund 18 19 20.

text: words and music by Charles E. Trevathan.

title: Honey on my lips

title: De sunlight shines for de cornfield coon, de starlight cuts no figgah. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Swell Mrs. Fitzswell. Honey on my lips. [uniform title]

originInfo: 18981896New YorkNew York Journal and Advertiser

text: Courtship

text: African Americans

text: Honey

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: Pages 2-4 contains various ethnic stereotype caricatures by Ed Rohr Meth. in the margins of the music.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at top center:  From W. H. Leonard, news, dealer & stationer, 91 Congress St., Troy, N.Y.

text: On cover:  Sung by May Irwin in The swell Mrs. Fitzswell.  Includes a photograph of May Irwin hugging a standing African American infant.

text: Printed as the musical supplement to the New York Journal & Advertiser, Feb. 6th 1898, edited by Reginald De Koven.

title: Honey on my lips

text: Sheet music


title: There's no nigger, cutting any figure, when I go out for a promenade with Sally! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkSpaulding & Gray

namePart: Cohan, George M. (George Michael) (1878-1942)

text: African Americans

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover includes caricature of an African American couple walking together.

text: On cover:  May Irwin's new "coon" song...sung by May Irwin.  Cover includes photograph of May Irwin in profile.

text: Summary:  The narrator admires and describes his girlfriend Sally who lives in Hot Tamale Alley.

text: words by May Irwin ; music by Geo. M. Cohan.

title: Hot Tamale Alley

title: Down in Hot Tamale Alley, lives a yaller gal named Sally. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: When you hear dem a bells go ding, ling ling. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkWillis Woodward & Co.

namePart: Metz, Theodore A. (1848-1936 )

namePart: Hayden, Joe

namePart: Sabel, Josephine (1866-1945)

text: Cotton Pickers

text: United States

text: African Americans -- Social life -- 1890-1899

text: Revivals

text: Cotton picking

text: Cover drawing includes a scene of African Americans picking cotton in a cottonfield.  Two men carry baskets of cotton on their shoulders.  Another man is seated playing a banjo.

text: Cover printed primarily in orange ink; photograph printed in green.

text: Summary:  The narrator invites people to a revival meeting and describes some of the people and social customs to be seen there.

text: On cover:  As sung by Josephine Sabel.  Cover includes photograph of Josephine Sabel.

text: words by Joe. Hayden ; music by Theo. A. Metz.

title: A hot time in the old town

title: Come along get you ready wear your bran, bran new gown. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Cotton Pickers

text: United States

text: Revivals

text: Cotton picking

text: Cover printed primarily in brown ink; photograph printed in black.

title: A hot time in the old town

text: Sheet music


namePart: Hubby, Lester M.

text: Cotton Pickers

text: United States

text: Revivals

text: Cotton picking

text: Cover printed primarily in orange ink; photograph printed in dark green.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover:  Wehman, 130 & 132 Park Row, New York.

text: Former owner's stamp and signature on cover at top right:  Lester M. Hubby.

title: A hot time in the old town

text: Sheet music


title: Hush! my love, my baby, my honey. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896BostonGeo. W. Setchell

namePart: Wheeler, Jos. W.

text: African Americans

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Mothers & children

text: Summary:  A lullaby using stereotypes of African American language.

text: Published as a supplement to the Sunday World, Sunday, March 4, 1898.

text: Cover includes a drawing of a ethnic stereotype images of an African American woman holding a child.

text: by Jos. W. Wheeler.

title: Hush my little coon

title: De silb'ry moon am shining bright, hush my birdie, hush my baby. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: In a city far away came a messenger one day. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHamilton S. Gordon

namePart: Winchester, Rose

text: Death

text: Runaway children

text: Forgiveness

text: Waltzes

text: Parent and child

text: Regret

text: On cover:  As sung by Rose Winchester.  Includes photograph of Rose Winchester.

text: words and music by Gussie L. Davis.

title: If I only could blot out the past

title: If I only could blot out the past if I only could forget. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: Death

text: Runaway children

text: Forgiveness

text: Waltzes

text: Parent and child

text: Regret

text: On cover: picture of Lettie Le-Vyne [?]

text: words and music by Gussie L. Davis.

title: If I only could blot out the past

text: Sheet music


title: The monarchy I rule is small, I'm king of shreds and patches. [first line]

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

namePart: Englander, Ludwig (1853-1914)

namePart: Wilson, Francis

text: Kings

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Music from the musical: Half a King [comic opera]

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by Ludwig Engländer.

title: If I were really a king

title: If I were really a king, yes, if you were really king. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: In a little attic room, sat a woman all alone. [first line]

text: Reminiscing

text: Runaway children

text: Forgiveness

text: song and chorus by Gussie L. Davis.

title: If they write that I'm forgiven I'll go home

title: If they write that I'm forgiven, I'll go home. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Have you noticed nowadays, a late fad that is the craze. [first line]

originInfo: 1896BaltimoreGeorge Willig & Co.

namePart: Hall, Billy

namePart: Cohen, Arthur M.

text: Weights & measures

text: Coin operated machines

text: On cover: drwaing of an old man on weighing machine.

text: Store stamp: A. H. Rosewig, music, pianos, organs, 133 S. 11th St., Phila.

text: words by Billy Hall ; music by Arthur M. Cohen.

title: If you only drop a nickel in the slot

title: As you go to diff'rent places, you'll meet men of diff'rent races. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I'll soon be home mother don't feel bad. [firsrt line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkJos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Howard, Joseph E. (Joseph Edgar) (1878-1961)

text: Ballads, American

text: Mothers and sons

text: Family reunions

text: Alcoholism

text: Waltzes

text: On cover: picture of a man coming home to family.

text: words and music by Jos. E. Howard.

title: I'll be home to-morrow night

title: A story I'm going to tell of a mother old and grey. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: I'll take care of you grandma, you're my sweetheart true. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896ChicagoThe John Quinn Music Co.

namePart: Craig, Adam

namePart: Thompson, Denman

text: Death

text: Grandchildren

text: Grandmothers

text: Waltzes

text: On cover: picture of grandmother and granddaughter.

text: From musical: Old homestead.

text: words by Adam Craig ; music by John Quinn.

title: I'll take care of you, grandma

title: "Grandma, tell me of my mama," said a lad with eyes of blue.

text: Sheet music


title: I'll tell Papa on you mean boy, if you treat me so. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkJ. Fisher & Bro.

namePart: Keeler, Margaret B.

namePart: Lone, Fred

text: Children

text: Beaches

text: Reminiscing

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Waltzes

text: On cover: picture of a boy and a girl playing on the beach.

text: words by Margaret B. Keeler ; music by Fred. Lone.

title: I'll tell papa on you

title: Down by the seashore two children were at play. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Out on the sidewalk all the long day gather children at play. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoPetrie Music Company

namePart: Hillyer, Joseph

text: Children

text: Reminiscing

text: Play (Recreation)

text: Waltzes

text: Interpersonal conflict

text: words by Joseph Hillyer ; music by H.W. Petrie.

title: I'm mad with Mary Morrison

title: I'm mad with Mary Morrison, she's just the meanest thing! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Tiny little Tommy had a penny, and wasn't going to spend it anywhere. [first line]

namePart: Cohan, George M. (George Michael) (1878-1942)

text: Reminiscing

text: Mothers & children

text: On cover: picture of Mae Worden

text: words and music by Geo. M. Cohan.

title: I'm saving up to buy a home for mother

title: I know someday I'm going to be a great big man. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I'm the man, I'm the man. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Boston ; New York ; ChicagoWhite-Smith Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Rourke, M. E.

namePart: Luders, Gustav (1865-1913)

namePart: Girard, Oscar

text: Presidents

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: On cover: picture of Oscar Girard.

text: Descriptive subtitle: Comic song and chorus.

text: words by M.E. Rourke ; music by Gustav Lüders.

title: I'm the man

title: I know that good and truthful folk, are gathered here each night. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: In dreamland, in dreamland. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New York ; [etc.]Edward Schubert & Co.

namePart: Herbert, Victor (1859-1924)

text: Love songs

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Desire

text: from musical: The wizard of the Nile.

text: On cover: Musical instruments

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by Victor Herbert.

title: In dreamland

title: I seem to have known you my whole life long. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: In gay New York, in gay New York. [first lineof chorus]

originInfo:
1896

      New York

    T.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

text: New York (N.Y.)

text: Musicals

text: From musical: In gay New York.

text: words by Hugh Morton ; music by Gustave Kerker.

title: In gay New York

title: Frivolity reigns supreme in gay New York. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: With love, sweet love, alone our guiding star. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Raymond, Julian M.

namePart: Coleman, Charles (1885-1951)

text: Courtship

text: Couples

text: Reminiscing

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: Young man and woman in a romantic scene.

text: words by Julian M. Raymond ; music by Charles Coleman.

title: In other days

title: But now the dream is ended, life's skies are dark and drear. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: While the train rolled onward, a husband sat in tears. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Comer, Imogene

text: Railroads

text: Trains

text: Waltzes

text: Parent and child

text: Mothers

text: Death

text: On cover: picture of Imogene Comer.

text: On cover: picture of the Empire State Express "fastest train in the world."

text: words and music by Gussie L. Davis.

title: In the baggage coach ahead

title: On a dark and stormy night, as the train rattled on. [first line]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Mahoney, Jere

text: Railroads

text: Trains

text: Waltzes

text: Parent and child

text: Mothers

text: Death

text: On cover: picture of Jere Mahoney.

text: words and music by Gussie L. Davis.

title: In the baggage coach ahead

text: Sheet music


title: With a fizzy whizz went auntie, and fizzy whizz whizz go I [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Russell, Lillian (1861-1922)

text: Musicals

text: Family

text: Aunts

text: From the show "An American beauty"

text: On cover: picture of Lillian Russell.

title: Inherited from my aunt

title: I try to do ev'rything right, but i can't, for my aunt. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Polly wink'd his eye, and Polly gave a sigh. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896White-Smith Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Greenbank, Harry

namePart: Lind, Letty

text: Parrots -- Behavior

text: Canaries

text: Betrothal

text: Musicals

text: From the musical: "The Geisha".

text: On cover: drawings of parrots and birds.

text: words by Harry Greenbank ; music by Sidney Jones.

title: The interfering parrot

title: A parrot once resided in a pretty gilded cage. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh! is yer mammie always with ye Susie, Susie Ann? [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Boston ; New York ; Chicago

namePart: Stratton, Eugene

namePart: Stuart, Leslie (1864-1928)

text: Cotton

text: African Americans

text: Piers & wharves

text: Flirting

text: Man-woman relationships

text: The New York Journal's musical supplement.

text: On cover: drawing of a wharf scene between a man and woman and the woman's mother.

text: [song] by Leslie Stuart.

title: Is yer mammie always with ye

title: Dere's tings I wants to tole yer can ye hear me Susie Ann? [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Songs are sung in ev'ry tongue, all about clever girls, old and young. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Ford, Walter H.

namePart: Bratton, John W. (John Walter) (1867-1947)

text: Carriages & coaches

text: Flirting

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Store stamp: G. H. Munroe, Music Store, Fall River, Mass.

text: On cover: drawing of a woman on a horse drawn carriage.

text: words by Walter H. Ford ; music by John W. Bratton.

title: Isabelle! (A girl who is one of the boys

title: For she's a girls who is just one of the boys. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: Carriages & coaches

text: Flirting

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896New YorkM. Witmark & Sons

text: Carriages & coaches

text: Flirting

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Store stamp: Hitchcock's, 11 Park Row, N.Y.

text: words by Walter H. Ford, music by John W. Bratton.

title: Isabelle, [or] A girl who is one of the boys

text: Sheet music


title: It don't seem like the same old smile that you used to give me long ago. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkThe New York Music Co.

namePart: Thornton, James (1861-1938)

namePart: Thornton, Bonnie

namePart: Benas, David

text: Unrequited love

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture of Bonnie Thornton.

text: Dedication: Dedicated to my friend David Benas.

text: words and music by James Thornton.

title: It don't seem like the same old smile

title: A beautiful maiden of sweet seventeen. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Unrequited love

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture of Bonnie Thornton.

text: words and music by James Thornton.

title: It don't seem like the same old smile

text: Sheet music


text: Unrequited love

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: The New York Sunday World's popular songs series.

text: words and music by James Thornton.

title: It don't seem like the same old smile

text: Sheet music


title: It's forty miles from Schenectady to Troy. [first line of chorus]

text: Troy (N.Y.)

text: Schenectady (N.Y.)

text: Acting

text: Musicals

text: Theater

text: From the musical: In gay New York.

title: "I'm going on the stage," said the pale faced youth. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Troy (N.Y.)

text: Schenectady (N.Y.)

text: Acting

text: Musicals

text: Theater

text: From the musical: In gay New York.

title: It's forty miles from Schenectady to Troy

text: Sheet music


title: My little Liza she lubs me, Honey my chile! [first line]

originInfo: 1896BostonG.W. Setchel

namePart: Wheeler, J. W. (James W.)

text: African Americans

text: Flirting

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture of Flo Irwin.

text: words and music by J. W. Wheeler.

title: It's honey all de time

title: Baby, don't go and leave me, you know it's gwine ter me. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The varied kind of luck our poor mortal steps beset. [first line]

namePart: Paulton, Edward A. (Edward Antonio)

text: Bricks

text: Shipwrecks

text: Measles

text: Humorous songs

text: Larceny

text: Marital conflict

text: On cover: picture of Ed. Paulton.

text: written and composed by Ed. Paulton.

title: I arrived in time to get it

title: I arrived in time to get it. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Sweetheart farewell, at last we part. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Milwaukee, Wis.Joseph Flanner

namePart: Simonson, Fred.

namePart: Mueller, Oscar A.

namePart: Jewell, Ada M.

text: Unrequited love

text: Waltzes

text: On cover: picture of Ada M. Jewell

text: words by Oscar A. Mueller ; music by Fred. Simonson.

title: I can forgive but not forget

title: I can forgive but not forget. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Lulu, are you comin' out along with me? [first line]

namePart: D’Arville, Camille

text: African Americans

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Desire

text: On cover: picture of Camille D'Arville.

text: words and music by Harry Dacre.

title: I can't think ob nuthin' else but you, or, Luli lu

title: I can't think ob nuthin' else but you, Lulu! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music