title: Met Miss Martha Johnson, at a colored ball. [first line]

namePart: Sully, Lew

namePart: Tom, Lewis

namePart: Wall, James A.

namePart: Huth, Maud

text: African Americans

text: Blackface entertainers

text: Minstrel music

text: Betrothal

text: Flirting

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: pictures of Lew Sully & Lewis Tom in blackface.

text: words and music by Lew. Sully

title: I don't love nobody

title: I don't love a nobody nobody loves me. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


mmsType: Item

field: dateIssued

keyDate: yes

title: There is a sad remembrance of the time when I first met her. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHamilton S. Gordon

sourceSystem: mms

namePart: Jones, Henry S.

type: personal

usage: primary

type: topic

authority: lctgm

text: Reminiscing

text: Forgiveness

authority: lcsh

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Interpersonal conflict

type: content

text: On cover: floral design

type: statement of responsibility

text: words and music by Henry S. Jones.

title: I forgive her but I can't forget

supplied: no

title: I forgive her but I can't forget the hours we've spent in gladness. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music

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collectionTitle: American popular songs.


title: I sit by the brook as it ripples by. [first line]

namePart: Brown, Susie Dawson

namePart: Garland, R. C.

text: Reminiscing

text: Dreaming

text: Love songs

text: Newspaper: Comfort, [1896], p. 13

text: No cover.

text: words by Susie Dawson Brown ; music by R.C. Garland.

title: I long for my dream to come true

title: For why should it be that we ever part. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Within an humble cottage sits a broken hearted man. [first line]

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

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

authority: naf

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

text: Family reunions

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Parent and child

text: Runaway wives

text: On cover: picture of Albert C. Orcutt.

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

title: I love her just the same

title: I love her, yes, I love her just the same. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896New YorkChas. K. Harris

text: Family reunions

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Parent and child

text: Runaway wives

text: On cover: picture of Charles E. Witt.

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

title: I love her just the same

text: Sheet music


title: Darling Sue, dear, how I miss your laughing. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Ford, Walter H.

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

text: Courtship

text: Death

text: Couples

text: Reminiscing

text: Betrothal

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: Man and woman in a romantic scene.

text: Descriptive subtitle: Ballad.

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

title: I love you in the same old way ("Darling Sue")

title: Bright was the day, bells ringing gay, when to church i brought my Sue. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Death

text: Reminiscing

text: Betrothal

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture of Joseph B. Maxwell and Alfred L. Simpson [one portrait]

text: Sheet music


text: Death

text: Reminiscing

text: Betrothal

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: Joseph B. Maxwell and Alfred L. Simpson [two portraits]

text: Sheet music


text: Death

text: Reminiscing

text: Betrothal

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture of R.J. José

text: Sheet music


title: When you are by my side sweet darling mine. [first line]

namePart: Murray, Marguerite A.

namePart: Speck, Samuel H.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Desire

text: Music store stamp on cover: Texas Music Supply House, Beaumont Texas.

text: On cover: Flowers

text: Dedicated to Miss Marguerite A. Murray. Morristown, N.J.

text: words and music by Samuel H. Speck.

title: I miss you more than words can tell

title: I miss you more than words can tell, try hard as a I may. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Well, I don't know you're not so swell there's other gents as fine as you. [first line of chorus]

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

namePart: Williams, Bert (1874-1922)

text: African Americans

text: Dogs

text: Humorous songs

text: Flirting

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Descriptive subtitle: comic song and refrain with coon parody.

text: On cover: picture of Bert A. Williams

text: words and music by Bert A. Williams.

title: I thought I was a winner, or Oh, I don't know

title: I had a girl and her name was Pearl, I tho't her heart was mine. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: My gal Tildy she's gone shook me, shook me good and smart. [first line]

namePart: West, Paul

text: Gifts

text: African Americans

text: Animated note heads.

text: On cover: picture of Anna Held.

text: Descriptive subtitle: comic a coondom "throwdown".

text: words and music by Paul West.

title: I want dem presents back

title: I want dat bran' new cook stove, I want dat cha'r. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: Gifts

text: African Americans

text: Supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser.

text: On cover: picture of Anna Held and six separate pictures African American men singing.

text: words and music by Paul West.

title: I want dem presents back

text: Sheet music


title: I wish that you were here, my love. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHowlley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Stirling, Georgia A.

text: Ballads, American

text: Reminiscing

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Desire

text: Dedicated to Miss Georgia A. Stirling.

text: On cover: picture of a woman holding a man's photo.

text: words and music by Paul Dresser.

title: I wish that you were here to-night

title: I wish that you were here tonight. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Of all the lads that be there is only one for me. [first line]

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

namePart: Greenbank, Harry

namePart: Monckton, Lionel (1861-1924)

namePart: Coffin, Hayden (1862-1935)

text: Sailors

text: Musicals

text: From the musical: The Geisha.

text: words by Harry Greenbank ; music by Lionel Monckton.

title: Jack's the boy

text: Sheet music


title: We're a merry merry band from the high grade school. [first line]

originInfo:
1896

      New York

    J. Fisher & Bro.

namePart: Cowley, A. L.

namePart: Federlein, Gottlieb (1835-1922)

text: Children

type: geographic

text: Japan

text: Fans (Accessories) -- Japanese

text: Waltzes

text: On cover: drawings of children playing instruments.

text: words and music by A.L. Cowley.

title: The Japanese fan. An action song for school concerts

text: Sheet music


title: He call'd her the jewel of Asia, of Asia, of Asia. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Philp, James

namePart: Tempest, Marie (1866-1942)

text: Geishas

text: Japan

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: From the musical: The Geisha.

text: words by Harry Greenbank ; music by James Philp.

title: The jewel af Asia

title: A small japanese once sat at her ease in a garden cool and shady. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Geishas

text: Japan

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: From the musical "The Geisha."

text: Owners stamp: Property of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. station WABO

title: The jewel af Asia

text: Sheet music


title: Say Pitt, say Pete wont you buy my kit. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkWillis Woodward & Co.

namePart: Westervelt, A. E.

namePart: Fullerton, N. B.

text: Brothers

text: Waltzes

text: Death & burial

text: Store stamp: Teachers discounts to all, Texas Music Supply House, Beaumont, Texas.

text: words by A.E. Westervelt ; music by N.B. Fullerton.

title: Jim and Tim

title: In a room both dark and dreary gathered bootblacks seven. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Umpty tiddelly, tiddely umpty, tiddelly, umpty ady! [first line of chorus]

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

namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

text: Women

text: England

text: London

text: Musicals

text: from the musical "In gay New York."

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

title: Jim Jam

title: Jim! Jam! A gaiety girl I am! [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, Julienne, oh Julienne, I love her so. [first line of chorus]

text: Bicycles & tricycles

text: Flirting

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover: drawing of a young lady with a bike.

text: words and music by Dave Reed Jr.

title: Julienne

title: h have you seen a pretty girl so neat. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Mamzelle fougere she ees tres vulgaire, when she walk comme ca! [first line]

text: French -- Clothing & dress

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: From the musical "In gay New York."

title: Jusqu' la

title: Jusqu' la, jusqu' la jusqu' la! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Mamzelle Fougere she ees tres vulgaire, when she walk comme ca! [first line]

text: French -- Clothing & dress

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: From the musical "In gay New York."

title: Jusqu' la

text: Sheet music


title: Behind the times so they told him, he's just behind the times. [first line of chorus]

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

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

text: Death

text: Church services

text: Waltzes

text: Conflict of generations

text: On cover: picture of singers Bennett & Rich.

text: On cover: five pictured vignettes dramatizing lines from song.

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

title: Just behind the times

title: A party of young village people gathered in their little church. [first line]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Clauder, H. T. (Henry T.)

namePart: Dyllyn, J. Bernard

text: Death

text: Church services

text: Waltzes

text: Conflict of generations

text: On cover: picture of Bernard Dyllyn.

text: Store stamp: Boughton's Music Store, 21 & 23 Bank St., Newark, N.J.

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

title: Just behind the times

text: Sheet music


namePart: Gettleman, Ben

text: Death

text: Church services

text: Aging

text: Waltzes

text: Conflict of generations

text: On cover: picture of Ben. Gettleman.

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

title: Just behind the times

text: Sheet music


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

text: Death

text: Church services

text: Aging

text: Waltzes

text: Conflict of generations

text: On cover: Sung by Joseph E. Howard of the travesty team Howard and Emerson. Includes a photograph of Joseph E. Howard.

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

title: Just behind the times

text: Sheet music


title: Skeeters am a hummin' on de honeysuckle vine. [first line]

originInfo:
1896

      Boston ; New York ; Chicago

    White-Smith Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Buck, Richard Henry (1870-1956)

namePart: Davis, Bessie

text: African Americans

text: Kentucky

text: Banjos

text: Lullabies

text: Schottisches

text: On cover: picture of Bessie Davis.

text: Descriptive subtitle: Plantation lullaby.

text: words by Richard Henry Buck ; music by Adam Geibel.

title: Kentucky babe

title: Fly away, fly away Kentucky Babe, fly away to rest. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Rush, Isadore

text: African Americans

text: Kentucky

text: Banjos

text: Lullabies

text: Schottisches

text: On cover: picture of Isadore Rush.

title: Kentucky babe

text: Sheet music


text: African Americans

text: Kentucky

text: Banjos

text: Lullabies

text: Schottisches

text: On cover: picture of Isadore Rush.

title: Kentucky babe

text: Sheet music


namePart: Sawyer, Harry Clinton

text: African Americans

text: Kentucky

text: Banjos

text: Lullabies

text: Schottisches

text: On cover: picture Harry Clinton Sawyer.

title: Kentucky babe

text: Sheet music


originInfo:
1896

      Boston ; New York

    White-Smith Music Pub. Co.

text: African Americans

text: Kentucky

text: Banjos

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Schottisches

text: On cover: autograph, "White-Smith"

title: Kentucky babe

text: Sheet music


text: African Americans

text: Kentucky

text: Banjos

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Schottisches

text: On cover: stamp, "S. R. Schwartz"

title: Kentucky babe

text: Sheet music


originInfo:
c1896; 1913 ;1924

      New York

    Edwin H. Morris & Company Inc.

text: African Americans

text: Kentucky

text: Banjos

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Schottisches

title: Kentucky babe

text: Sheet music


title: Kiss me good bye, good bye sweetheart. [first line]

originInfo: 1896[s.n.]Howley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Dreisser, Sylvia

namePart: Miller, Charles

text: Arrivals & departures

text: Parlors

text: Bittersweet

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Music store stamp on cover: Harry S. Phatt, Pianos, Organs and sheet music [illegible] Second St., Pomona, CA.

text: Dedication: Inscribed with my esteem to Miss Sylvia Dreisser.

text: On cover: picture of a man and woman talking in a living room.

text: words and music by Charles Miller.

title: Kiss me good bye sweetheart

title: Kiss me good bye, good bye sweetheart. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I will never love any but you! [first line of chorus]

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

namePart: Thornton, James (1861-1938)

namePart: Bailey, Harry

text: Reminiscing

text: Forgiveness

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Dedication: Harry Bailey.

text: On cover: Female portrait in profile.

text: written and composed by James Thornton.

title: Let me call you my sweetheart again

title: I have written my loved one today, 'tis the first since we drifted apart. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The Rocky Mountain silver camps' are looking very bare. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Denver, Col.Albert P. Schack

namePart: Schack, Albert P.

text: Flags

text: American

text: Political campaigns

text: Silver mining

text: Silver question

text: Coins

text: American

text: On cover: drawing of man with American flag.

text: Descriptive subtitle: national campaign song.

text: words and musci by Albert P. Schack.

title: Let us have free coinage, boys at sixteen to one

title: Let us have free coinage, boys, at sixteen to one. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Up and down, up and down, this is the way we all go. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkAmerican Music Publishing Co.

namePart: Wegefarth, L. C.

namePart: Keen, Walter P.

text: Children

text: Poverty

text: Wealth

text: Betrothal

text: Waltzes

text: words by Walter P. Keen ; music by L.C. Wegefarth.

title: Life's game of see-saw

title: Two little children, a girl and a boy, met ev'ry day. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: There's the sweetest little builder hard at work upon the floor. [first line]

originInfo: 1896ChicagoHazen Music Company

namePart: Gardner, F.

namePart: Couchois, G. J.

namePart: Brehany, Louise M.

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Waltzes

text: Mothers & children

text: On cover: picture of Louise M. Brehany.

text: Dedication: Dedicated to Miss Louise M. Brehany; Chicago Ills.

text: words by F. Gardner ; music by G.J. Couchois.

title: The little builder

title: Idle dreams by baby darling A B C's and nothing more. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Waltzes

text: Mothers & children

text: On cover: picture of Josephine Sabel.

text: Music supplement of the Los Angeles Sunday Herald.

title: The little builder

text: Sheet music


title: She's the only little girl I love as bright as all the stars above. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkUnity Musical Quartette

namePart: Brickner, Mortimer S.

namePart: Musliner, Jos. I.

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Descriptive subtitle: Darkey carol.

text: On cover: as sung by the Pickinninnies in the comic opera, "Le Chef."

text: words by Mortimer S. Brickner ; music by Jos. I. Musliner.

title: Little Mandy

title: In a cozy little cottage by a stream. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh! talk about yure reel hot stuff, just cast yure i on me. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Peoria, Ill.Mark Ament Music Co.

namePart: Callender, Annie G.

namePart: Penn, William H.

text: Children

authority: tgm

text: Clothing & dress

text: Humorous songs

text: On cover: drawing of a bald child wearing a yellow gown.

text: written by Annie G. Callender ; music by William H. Penn.

title: The little yellow kid

title: I love ter kick my heels as' shout, such funny tings I see. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Upon your bride so coy and cold when once I've triedthe charm I hold. [first line]

namePart: Tempest, Marie (1866-1942)

namePart: Greenbank, Harry

text: Love

text: Magic

text: Betrothal

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: On the cover: from the Japanese musical play "The Geisha."

text: Stamp on cover: Sidney Jones.

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

title: Love! Love!

title: Love! love! come at my call! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The stars are lovers' kisses, the moonlight lovers' smiles, ah! ha! [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Furst, William (1852-1917)

text: Love

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Man-woman relationships

text: From the musical "Bohemia."

text: words by Clyde Fitch ; music arranged by Wm. Furst.

title: Love makes the world go round

title: Ah! Ha! Love makes the world go round. [first line of chorus]

title: Bohema. Love makes the world go round. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Who quaffs away in cabaret, that fellow is my friend, lads. [first line]

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

namePart: Englander, Ludwig (1853-1914)

text: Wine

text: Love

text: Flirting

text: Man-woman relationships

text: From the musical "Half a king."

text: Stamp on cover: New York Public Library.

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

title: Love makes the world go round

title: 'Tis wine that sends the wits astray, 'tis love that ever finds them. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Sue! Sue! Just a little Sue. Do! do! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHamilton S. Gordon

namePart: Emmet, Harry

text: Money

text: Daffodils

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture of Lizzie Raymond.

text: words and music by Harry Emmet.

title: Love me just a little Sue, do, do, do

title: Love me just a little Sue, do, do, do. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Woman divine, love me, love me! [first line of chorus]

namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: From the musical "An American beauty."

text: On cover: picture of Lillian Russell.

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

title: Love me, love me

title: I kneel to thee in fervent pray'r, my misery and my despair. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Yes love remains the same. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Olcott, Chauncey (1858-1932)

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture of Chauncey Olcott.

text: From the play, "The ministrel of Clare."

text: words and music by Chauncey Olcott.

title: Love remains the same

title: Summer will come and go love, everything must fade. [first line]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896London; New YorkM. Witmark & Sons

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: No cover.

text: words and music by Chauncey Olcott.

title: Love remains the same

text: Sheet music


title: Now the shadows of night 'fore the herald of daybreak are flying. [first line]

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

namePart: Clark, Cuthbert

namePart: Joel, Elsa

text: Unrequited love

text: Waltzes

text: On cover: picture of Miss Elsa Joel.

text: written and composed by Cuthbert Clark.

title: Love's avail

text: Sheet music


title: Jim and I as children played together. [first line]

namePart: Horwitz, Charles (1864-1938)

text: Ballads, American

text: Reminiscing

text: Betrothal

text: On cover: horseshoe

text: Stamp on cover: Harding and Miller, Evanzville, Ind.

text: Descriptive subtitle: Mock ballad.

text: words by Chas. Horwitz ; music by Fredrick V. Bowers.

title: Lucky Jim

title: Ah! Lucky Jim, how I envy him. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896New YorkM. Witmark & Sons

text: Ballads, American

text: Reminiscing

text: Betrothal

title: Lucky Jim

text: Sheet music


title: My gal she is a yaller gal, I lub her and i always shall. [first line]

namePart: Sloane, A. Baldwin (Alfred Baldwin) (1872-1926)

namePart: Halton, Marie

namePart: Farrar, Herbert N.

text: African Americans

text: Flirting

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: Sexual attraction

text: Descriptive subtitle: A plantation song of love.

text: On cover: picture of Marie Halton.

text: words by Herbert N. Farrar ; music by A.B. Sloane.

title: Lucy Loo

title: Lucy, oh Loo, ah love yo' true as de stars above yo'. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Lurline, the Water Queen! I'm Neptune's most exquisite daughter. [first line]

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

text: Mermaids

text: Neptune (Roman deity)

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: From the musical, "In gay New York."

title: Lurline

title: Lurline, Lurline, youthful fair and slender. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Way down Alabam libbs an ole wench Dinah. [first line]

originInfo: 1896San FranciscoThe Zeno Mauvais Music Company

namePart: Johnson, Carroll

namePart: O'Brien, Charles Sydney

namePart: Johnson, Lee, songwriter

text: African Americans

text: Blackface entertainers

text: Fighting

text: Minstrel music

text: Razor blades

text: Betrothal

text: Schottisches

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover: two pictures of Carrol Johnson.

text: Descriptive subtitle: Greatest coon song of the age.

text: [song] by Charles Sydney O'Brien.

title: Ma Angeline

title: Coons hab you ebber ebber seen ma Angeline. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: While walkin' down the street the udder day. [first line]

namePart: Templeton, Fay (1865-1939)

text: African Americans

text: Love songs

text: Flirting

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Descriptive subtitle: An african ballad.

text: words and music by Fay Templeton.

title: Ma onliest one

title: Honey, ma little gal, won't you come and whisper in your ear. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: African Americans

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Flirting

text: words and music by Fay Templeton.

title: Ma onliest one

text: Sheet music


title: So sighing the red, red rose. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkG. Schirmer

namePart: De Koven, Reginald (1859-1920)

namePart: Brown, Susie Dawson

text: Roses

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Descriptive subtitle: Chansonnette.

text: words by Susan Dawson Brown ; [music by] Reginald de Koven.

title: The maid and the rose

title: Oh, tell me your secret, my dainty maid. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: I did not dream that I should pause, should hesitate or falter. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkA.W. Tams & Co.

namePart: Jordan, Julian

text: Cupid (Roman deity)

text: Fox hunting

text: Anxiety

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: On cover: four pictures of hunting scenes.

text: From the comedy opera "Lady Bess."

text: words and music by Julian Jordan.

title: A maiden's soliloquy (I did not dream)

title: I did not dream that I should pause, should hesitate or falter. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Within a wellknown music hall there sat a maid demure. [first line]

namePart: Braisted, Harry

namePart: Carter, Stanley

text: Waltzes

text: Flirting

text: Man-woman relationships

text: No cover.

text: words by Harry Braisted  ; music by Stanley Carter.

title: The maiden didn't know a single thing

title: She was a beauty, her name was Flo. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: While strolling long a dusky road on ebning. [first line]

originInfo:
1896

      New York ; Chicago

    M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Williams, Bert (1874-1922)

namePart: Walker, George H.

text: African Americans

text: Mississippi

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Mothers & children

text: On cover a descriptive subtitle: A plantation slumber song introducing a correct mammy croon.

text: Descriptive subtitle: Ethiopian Lullaby.

text: On cover: drawing of a mother with a baby.

text: written and composed by Williams & Walker.

title: Mammy's pickanninny boy

title: Mammy surely lobes her pickanninny. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Mary Black from Hackensack, she'd never been out of town. [first line of chorus]

originInfo:
1896

      New York

    Spaulding & Gray

namePart: Dockstader, Lew. (1856-1924)

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

text: Travel

text: Hackensack (N.J.)

type: name

nameType: corporate

text: Bowery (New York, N.Y.)

text: Young women

text: Women -- Clothing & dress -- 1890-1899

text: On cover: picture of Lew. Dockstader.

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

title: Mary Black from Hackensack

title: A pious girl named Mary Black, who used to live in Hackensack. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: When I walk dat levee round, round, round. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Boston ; New York; [etc.]White-Smith Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Trevathan, Charles E.

text: African Americans

text: Fighting

text: Razor blades

text: Bullying

text: On cover: drawing of a black man in top hat.

text: words and music by Charles E. Trevathan.

title: May Irwin's bully song

title: Have yo' heard about dat bully dat's come to town. [first line]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896Charles E. Trevathan

text: African Americans

text: Fighting

text: Razor blades

text: Bullying

text: On cover: picture of May Irwin.

title: May Irwin's bully song

text: Sheet music


title: T'other eb'ning eb'ryting was still, Oh! babe. [first line]

namePart: Harney, Benjamin Robertson (1872-1938)

text: African Americans

text: Death

text: Gambling

text: Chickens

text: Larceny

text: From the musical, "Courted into court"

text: On cover: picture of May Irwin.

text: Stamp: New York Public Library.

text: words and music by Ben R. Harney.

title: Mister Johnson

title: Johnson turn me loose, got no money but a good excuse. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Away down yonder in Yankety Yank. [first line]

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

text: African Americans

text: Death

text: Frogs

text: Time

text: Frogs on lilly pads.

text: On cover: picture of May Irwin.

title: May Irwin's "Frog" song

title: An' jus' lots uv folks is like dis foolish frog uv mine. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: If, ma honey, in ma heart yo'd see. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Alexander, Sigmund B.

namePart: Hecht, Summit L.

text: African Americans

text: Balls (Parties)

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: On cover: picture of May Irwin.

text: written by Sigmung B. Alexander ; composed by Summit L. Hecht.

title: May Irwin's "Lulu" song

title: I'se singin' w'ile de yaller moon am shinin' bright as day. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: You're a wonder and you bet there's no mistake. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Shackford, Chas.

namePart: Tyson, Grace

text: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

text: Paris (France)

text: Young women

text: Flirting

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture of Miss Grace Tyson.

text: Musical supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, June 26, 1896

text: words and music by Charles Shackford.

title: The modern century girl

title: She had just returned from Paris and her brain was in a whirl. [first line]

text: Sheet music


originInfo:
1896

      New York

    Jos. W. Stern & Co.

text: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

text: Paris (France)

text: Young women

text: Flirting

text: Man-woman relationships

text: words and music by Charles Shackford.

title: The modern century girl

text: Sheet music


title: Molly, Molly, you dainty little dolly. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

text: Unrequited love

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: from the musical, "In gay New York."

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

title: Molly

title: Molly has a naughty smile, my Molly is not free from guile. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Molly, Molly, rides on the trolly whene'er she can. [first line of chorus]

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

namePart: Early, John W.

namePart: Bodine, Lester

namePart: Maywood, George

text: Trolley cars

text: Betrothal

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture of Mr. John W. Early.

text: words by Lester Bodine ; music by Geo. Maywood.

title: Molly on the trolley

title: Molly Brown works downtown, she supports her mother. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The moon borrowed light from the sun of the day. [first line]

namePart: Golden, Geo. Fuller

namePart: Dolan, Jas. F.

namePart: Macauley, Henry

text: Moonlight

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Descriptive subtitle: waltz ballad.

text: On cover: picture of Henry Macauley.

text: words by Geo. Fuller Golden ; music by James F. Dolan.

title: Moonlight on the river

title: Moonlight on the river, when the shadows quiver. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: She's ev'ryone's friend in Mulberry Bend. [first lineof chorus]

namePart: Jerome, William (1865-1932)

text: Irish

text: Mothers

text: Generosity

text: words and music by William Jerome.

title: Mother O'Grady of Mulberry Bend

title: In a part of the city that's not very pretty. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Two drummers sat at dinner, in a grand hotel one day. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkEdward B. Marks Music Corporation

namePart: Marks, Edward B. (Edward Bennett) (1865-1945)

namePart: Stern, Jos. W.

text: Drummers (Musicians)

text: Mothers

text: Betrothal

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Owners stamp: Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

text: words by Edw. B. Marks ; music by Jos. W. Stern.

title: Mother was a lady, or, If Jack were only here

title: My mother was alady like you will allow. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Mr. Johnson turn me loose. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Evansville, Ind.The G.W. Warren Co.

namePart: Haering, Robert

namePart: Guentzel, Gus

namePart: Green, Harry

text: African Americans

text: Gambling

text: Police

text: Jails

text: On cover: picture of a white policeman holding a black man.

text: composed by Haering and Green.

title: Mr. Johnson turn me loose

title: Last night when ev'rything was still, Oh! babe. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Michael Casey gives a party at his home this very night. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Sparks, Joseph M.

namePart: Bryant, Francis J.

text: Germans

text: Fighting

text: Whiskey

text: Irish

text: Beer

text: Parties

text: Humorous songs

text: On cover: picture of Joseph M. Sparks

text: Descriptive subtitle: comic Irish response.

text: words and music by Francis J. Bryant.

title: Murder there to-night [There'll be murder there to-night]

title: Little Mickey Dooley will he be coming along? [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The leader of the band with uniform so grand. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkThe New York Music Co.

namePart: Selden, Edgar

namePart: Ward, Chas. B.

namePart: Hart, Annie

text: Parks

text: Band musicians

text: Waltzes

text: On cover: picture of Annie Hart.

text: words by Edgar Selden ; music by Chas. B. Ward.

title: The music in the park

title: Boy and girls, gather 'round when they hear music in the park. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Press your ruby lips to mine, baby, baby dear. [first line]

originInfo: 1896[Boston][Frank E. Root & Co.]

namePart: Rourke, M. E.

namePart: Peasley, Lea

text: Waltzes

text: Mothers & children

text: Boston Herald Music Sheet.

text: words by M.F. Rourke ; music by L. Peasley.

title: My baby's kiss

title: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, one every day. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896New YorkMcKinley Music Co.

text: Family life

text: Waltzes

text: Mothers & children

text: On cover: picture of a man and woman with a baby.

title: My baby's kiss

text: Sheet music


title: Slumber darling , stars will brightly shine. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Le Mack, Thomas

text: Heaven

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Descriptive subtitle: Ethiopian love song.

text: words and music by Thos. Le Mack.

title: My black baby mine

title: I've got a gal, a beauty bright, she's my black baby mine. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: When first I came into this world my brother came as well! [first line]

text: Twins

text: Waltzes

text: Mistaken identity

text: The N.Y. Sunday World's popular songs series, no. 2

text: [song] by Harry Dacre.

title: My brother Jonathan, or, Don't you ever be born a twin

title: I came in for it just the same. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: This coal black lady, she is my baby. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Nicholas, John P.

namePart: Jefferson, W. T.

namePart: Raymond, Lizzie B.

text: African Americans

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Ragtime music

text: Descriptive subtitle: Symphonie de Ethiopia.

text: On cover: picture of Lizzie B. Raymond.

text: Dedication: Respectfully dedicated to John P. Nicholas.

text: written and composed by W.T. Jefferson.

title: My coal black lady

title: I'se got a coal black lady, and she is my little baby. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: African Americans

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Ragtime music

text: Owners stamp: Property of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. station WABO

text: written and composed by W.T. Jefferson.

title: My coal black lady

text: Sheet music


text: African Americans

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Ragtime music

text: On cover: picture of Lizzie B. Raymond.

text: written and composed by W.T. Jefferson.

title: My coal black lady

text: Sheet music


title: wave o, wave my country's flag. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Newark, N.J.C.I. Shirley

namePart: Shirley, Thomas

namePart: Heed, J. C.

text: Patriotic music

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: On cover: picture of USA flag and eagle.

text: Dedication: Dedicated to tthe Jr. O.U.A.M.

text: words by Thomas Shirley ; music by J.C. Heed.

title: My country's flag

title: Aloud , aloud let echoes roll. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Jerushy came to live with me at Christmas time. [first line]

originInfo: 1896ChicagoClayton F. Summy Co.

namePart: Riley, Alice C. D. (Alice Cushing Donaldson) (b. 1867)

namePart: Gaynor, Jessie L.

text: Dolls

text: Christmas presents

text: poem by Alice C.D. Riley ; music by Jessie L. Gaynor.

title: My dear Jerushy

text: Sheet music


title: My dream of you, if dreams come true, would give me hope to live anew. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Brooklyn, N.Y.Chas. W. Held

namePart: Deane, Mina

namePart: Marsh, Robert

text: Ballads, American

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: To Robert Marsh, Los Angeles, Cal.

text: On cover: picture of Mina Deane.

text: words and music by Mina Deane.

title: My dream of you

text: Sheet music


title: Thar' is gwine to be a festival this evenin'. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New York ; Chicago ; San Francisco.M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Fagan, Barney

namePart: Luders, Gustav (1865-1913)

text: African Americans

text: Balls (Parties)

text: Betrothal

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: black couple dressed in tuxedo and ball gown.

text: Descriptive subtitle: A swell colored affair in verse and song.

text: words and music by Barney Fagan.

title: My gal is a high-born lady

title: My gal is a high-born lady, she's black, but not to shady. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896New YorkM. Witmark & Sons

text: African Americans

text: Balls (Parties)

text: Betrothal

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Descriptive subtitle: Fox trot song.

text: words and music by Barney Fagan.

title: My gal is a high-born lady

text: Sheet music


title: There's a charming, neat soubrette, who will set me crazy yet. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkNattes & Co.

namePart: Nattes, E.

namePart: Wilson, Cad

text: Music halls

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover: Respectfully dedicated to and introduced with great success by Cad Willson.

text: On cover: picture of Cad Wilson.

text: words and music by E. Nattes.

title: My girl is a winner

title: My girl is a winner at the music halls. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: My little Liz is a peach, yes, she is! [first line of chorus]

originInfo:
1896

      New York

    T.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Jerome, William (1865-1932)

text: New York (N.Y.)

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover: respectfully dedicated to the Liberty Club.

text: On cover: picture of a couple in a park.

text: words by William Jerome ; music by Andrew Mack.

title: My little Liz

title: I've got the sweetest little girl that ever you did see. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: She's the girl I dream about, i think the world of Polly. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkSpaulding & Gray

namePart: Routt, Cora

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

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture of Cora Routt.

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

title: My little Polly's a "peach"

title: My heart's pierced by love's dart for i have a sweetheart. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: There's a song my heart is always singing. [first line]

originInfo: 1896ChicagoGrant C. Tullar

namePart: Tullar, Grant Colfax

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture of Grant C. Tullar.

text: words by Arthur J. Lamb ; music by G. Colfax Tullar.

title: My little sweetness

title: O my little sweetness you're completeness. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Way down in desouf whar de cotton grows. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Baltimore, Md.Hollingshead Stults & Woodward

namePart: Stults, R. M.

text: African Americans

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Stamp on cover: O. K. Houck & Co., 359 Main Street.

text: words and music by R.M. Stults.

title: My little yaller coon, good night

title: Oh! my little yaller coon, good night. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: My love is like the red, red rose that's newly sprung in June. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkG. Schirmer

namePart: Pruette, William

namePart: De Koven, Reginald (1859-1920)

text: Roses

text: Ballads, American

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Stamp on cover: Property of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

text: words after Burns ; [music by] Reginald de Koven.

title: My love is like the red, red rose

text: Sheet music


title: ow dear to my heart are the songs I sang in my childhood. [firsy line]

originInfo: 1896ChicagoArmstrong & Co.

namePart: Vincent, L. O.

text: Ballads, American

text: Reminiscing

text: Waltzes

text: First loves

text: On cover: young lady in the countryside

text: Stamp on cover: Vincent & Co., Publishers, 24 Adams St., Chicago Ill.

text: written and composed by L.O. Vincent.

title: My love, my woodland queen

text: Sheet music


title: She is the only girl I love, she is the only one that I admire. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896BostonJean White

namePart: Blandford, Geo. M.

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Schottisches

text: Man-woman relationships

text: words and music by G.M. Blandford.

title: My only girl

title: Down by a babbling brooklet, in spring at evening tide. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: There is a small country town that's not far from here. [first line]

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

namePart: Witt, Max S.

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Supplement to The Sunday World, Sunday, February 6, 1898.

text: On cover: drawing of young woman.

text: words and music by Max S. Witt.

title: My own colleen

title: My girl's not only handsome but good and true. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Pretty Kathleen, sweetest Kathleen. [first line of chorus]

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

namePart: Kelly, Wm. F.

namePart: Keiser, Robert A.

namePart: Kelly, Kathleen Rose

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Waltzes

text: Dedicated to Kathleen Rose Kelly.

text: words by Wm. F. Kelly ; music by Robt. A. Keiser.

title: My pretty Katleen

title: My heart it is devoted to a little girl I know.

text: Sheet music


title: So spite of that, and spite of this. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896[New York][G. Schirmer]

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover: A chinese girl.

text: From the musical "The Mandarin."

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by Reginald de Koven.

title: My sweetheart has her faults in plenty

title: My sweetheart has her faults in plenty. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, Nellie Macey, she drives me crazy. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkFrank Harding's Music House

namePart: Brittany, Louis

namePart: Renwood, Miles

text: Ballroom dancing

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: On cover: picture of a young woman.

text: words and music by Louis Brittany.

title: Nelly Macey

title: Ev'ry evening after supper, when my daily toil is o'er. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Within a quiet seashore town, lived Nell the village belle. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkEdward B. Marks Music Corporation

namePart: Marks, Edward B. (Edward Bennett) (1865-1945)

namePart: Stern, Jos. W.

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Dedication: Dedicated to the mother of the composer.

text: On cover: drawing of a woman.

text: words by Edw. B. Marks ; music by Jos. W. Stern.

title: No one ever loved you more than I

title: No one ever loved you more than I. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


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

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: drawing of a woman.

title: No one ever loved you more than I

text: Sheet music


title: The fire upon the hearth is low, and there is stillness ev'rywhere. [first line]

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

namePart: Staley, J. F.

text: Children

text: Prayer

text: Reminiscing

text: Mothers

text: Waltzes

text: On cover: picture of Eugene Field.

text: On cover: Child going to the bed.

text: words by Eugene Field ; music by John F. Staley.

title: Now I lay me down to sleep

title: Now I lay me down to sleep. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, gee! I wish I was big

originInfo: 1896[s.n.]H.W. Petrie

namePart: Blossom, Little

namePart: McCormick, Geo. H.

text: Children

text: Brothers

text: Mothers & children

text: No cover.

text: Autograph: Geo. H. McCormick to Cecilia.

text: words and music by Little Blossom.

title: Oh, gee! I wish I was big

title: My mama won't let me make mud pies. [first line]

title: Oh, gee! I wish I was big

text: Sheet music


title: Oh! Mister Austin, since I've been in Boston. [first line of chorus]

originInfo:
1896

      New York

    Spaulding & Gray

namePart: Gray, William Benson

namePart: Dockstader, Lew. (1856-1924)

text: Boston (Mass.)

text: Teachers

text: Maine

text: Preachers

text: Humorous songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture Lew Dockstader.

text: On cover: three vignettes of a man and woman.

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

title: Oh! Mister Austin

title: A man called Amos Austin, took a trip to Boston. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: You ask me why tears arise. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Olcott, Chauncey (1858-1932)

text: Reminiscing

text: Home

text: Subtitle: Look to that old spot.

text: From the play, "The minstrel of Clare."

text: On cover: picture of Chauncey Olcott.

text: written and composed by Chauncey Olcott.

title: Olcott's home song

title: Home, home, home, oh, that word so dear.

text: Sheet music


title: Love is like a summer dream. [first line]

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

namePart: Stults, R. M.

text: Reminiscing

text: First loves

text: On cover: rose motif.

text: ballad by R.M. Stults.

title: The old first love is best of all

text: Sheet music


title: Though shot and shell, as hot as hell, our men have marched before. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Brooklyn, N.Y.Chas. W. Held

namePart: Meacham, F. W.

namePart: Evans, W. G.

text: Soldiers

text: American

type: temporal

text: Patriotic music

text: Descriptive subtitle: Patriotic song and chorus.

text: On cover: Washington, Grant, Lee and American flag.

text: words by W.G. Evans ; music adapted and arranged by F.W. Meacham.

title: Old glory is our standard

title: Old glory is our standard, we'll nail her to the mast. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Rock of ages, cleft for me, each eye with tears dim. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkW.B. Gray & Co.

namePart: Talbot, Walter J.

text: Churches

text: Singing

text: Christmas

text: Church attendance

text: On cover: picture of Walter J. Talbot.

text: Store stamp: A. D. M. Matthews & Sons, Music department.

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

title: Old Jim's Christmas Hymn

title: Old Jim was a character, well known about town. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: With her face so soft and gentle. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkW.C. Parker

namePart: James, Arthur

text: Dance

text: Love

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: written and composed by Arthur James.

title: On with the dance

title: On with the dance, tho' hearts may break. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Once she was mother's girl. [first line of chorus]

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

namePart: Graham, Charles, composer

text: Reminiscing

text: Street children

text: Waltzes

text: No cover.

text: song by Charles Graham.

title: Once she was mother's girl

title: Alone in the glare of the city's lights. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: There's a sleepy village, Philadelphy town. [first line]

originInfo:
1896

      New York

    Howley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Waters, Safford

namePart: Bonehill, Bessie

text: New York (N.Y.)

text: Boston (Mass.)

text: Philadelphia (Pa.)

text: Chicago (Ill.)

text: On cover: picture of Miss Bessie Bonehill in man's suit.

text: words and music by Safford Waters.

title: One New York

title: One New York, there is but one New York. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: One smile from her could win me back. [first oline of chorus]

namePart: Shackford, Chas.

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Regret

text: [Professional copy]

text: no cover

text: words and music by Chas. Shackford.

title: One smile from her

title: If all the world were mine alone. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Ballads, American

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Regret

text: On cover: Girl's portrait.

text: words and music by Chas. Shackford.

title: One smile from her

text: Sheet music


title: Only a rosebud, that she wore in her hair. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New York ; DetroitJerome H. Remick & Co.

namePart: Owen, Anita

text: Reminiscing

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Regret

text: On cover: Anita Owen

text: words by Arthur J. Lamb ; music by Anita Owen.

title: Only a rose-bud

title: Only a rosebud, cherished with regret. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Sleeping by the fire in his mammy's arms. [first line of chorus]

originInfo:
1896

      New York

    Central Publishing Company

text: Tennessee

text: African American children

text: African Americans

text: Race identity

text: Passing (Identity)

text: On cover: drawing of a black child.

text: written and composed by Chas. Shackford.

title: Only a little yaller coon

title: Dah's a mighty heap ob truble brewin down in Tennessee. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Oochy, coochy! Oochy, coochy! Bless his little heart-ums! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896[New York][T.B. Harms & Co.]

namePart: Goodwin, J. Cheever (John Cheever) (1850-1912)

namePart: Morse, Woolson (1858-1897)

text: Children's songs

text: Parent and child

text: Lost, strayed or stolen. [musical comedy]

text: On cover: Father and child.

text: [Suppement] New York Journal, February 7, 1897.

text: words by J. Cheever Goodwin ; music by Woolson Morse.

title: Ootchy-cootchy

title: I cannot sing the old songs I sang in days of yore. [first line]

text: Sheet music


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

text: Children's songs

text: Parent and child

title: Ootchy-cootchy

text: Sheet music


title: On, on in the morning, while the sun leaps up from the sea. [first line]

originInfo: 1896[s.n.]Robert Cocks & Co.

namePart: Hichens, Robert Smythe (1864-1950)

namePart: Kellie, Lawrence

text: Horses

text: Deserts

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: No cover.

text: words by R.S. Hichens ; music by Lawrence Kellie.

title: Over the desert

text: Sheet music


title: She is a dear little fairy. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Milwaukee, Wis.Jessie L. Davis

namePart: Davis, Jessie L.

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover: picture of M'me Herrmann.

text: written and composed by Jessie L. Davis.

title: Pheon waltz song

text: Sheet music


title: It's a picture of my best girl. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Moreland, Chas.

text: Photographs

text: Waltzes

text: Parent and child

text: On cover: two pictures of a man and woman.

text: song by Charles Moreland.

title: A picture of my best girl

title: n a hotel on Fifth avenuea crowd of traveling men. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: In the woirld's mighty gall'ry of pictures. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHenry J. Wehman

namePart: Baer, Chas. E. (Charles E.) (1870-1962)

text: Beggars

text: Death

text: Gambling

text: Suicide

text: Waltzes

text: On cover: Portraits; romantic, fighting, family and battle scenes.

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

title: Pictures from life's other side

title: 'Tis a picture from life's other side. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: She's a chum for a holiday journey. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkAmerican Song Company

namePart: Tompkins, Juliet Wilbor (1871-1956)

namePart: Tompkins, Gilbert

text: Advice

text: Betrothal

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Munsey's magazine, October, 1896.

text: On cover: drawing of a young woman.

text: words by Juliet Wilbor Tompkins ; music by Gilbert Tompkins.

title: Plain little Ann

title: At the time of my life when I wanted a wife. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: My steady girl is not the kind they sing about nowdays. [first line]

namePart: Jerome, William (1865-1932)

text: Betrothal

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: words and music by William Jerome.

title: Plain little every day girl

text: Sheet music


title: I went into a store one day to buy my child some toys. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Williamsport, Pa.D.S. Andrus & Co.

namePart: Brownell, Charles E.

namePart: Nichols, Nellie

text: Dolls

text: Death

text: Family reunions

text: Brothers and sisters

text: Waltzes

text: On cover: picture of Miss Nellie Nichols.

text: song by Charles E. Brownell.

title: Please find Kate

title: "Thank you, oh thank you" she said to me. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh what fun I've had since I begun. [first line of chorus]

originInfo:
1896

      New York

    W.B. Gray & Co.

namePart: Douglas, R. H.

namePart: Passmore, Walter

text: New York (N.Y.)

text: Honeymoons

text: Marriage

text: Betrothal

text: Humorous songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover: picture of the Allison sisters.

text: words by R.H. Douglas ; music by Walter Passmore.

title: Pom tiddley om pom

title: I got married yesterday noon. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Pretty Kitty, so bright and witty. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896[New York]T.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Harding, Roger (1858-1901)

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover: picture of a girl.

text: Musical Supplement to the Philadelphia Press, Sunday, Dec. 2nd, 1900

text: words and music by Roger Harding.

title: Pretty Kitty Doyle

title: If ever you met her, you'd never forget her. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: She's my queen, sweet Arline. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Pidgin, Charles Felton (1844-1923)

namePart: Casey, Charles E.

namePart: Renwood, Miles

text: Betrothal

text: Waltzes

text: Flirting

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover: a woman dancing.

text: words by Charles F. Pidgin ; music by Charles E. Casey.

title: Queen of all the girls

title: Jack 'tis true that I've met my fate. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Rosemary that's for remembrance; Keep it while life shall last. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkGagel Brothers

namePart: Frohman, Charles (1860-1915)

namePart: Douglas, Malcolm

text: Reminiscing

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Cover includes a photograph of a standing woman holding flowers in her right hand.

text: Summary:  The narrator (Rosemary) recalls her boyfriend; even though their relationship it is precious to her.

text: Dedication on cover:  To Mr. Charles Frohman.

text: words and music by Malcolm Douglas.

title: Rosemary - that's for remembrance

title: Once in the twilight we told our love. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Have you never in the twilight, watched teh shadows come and go. [first line]

originInfo: 1896BostonJean White

namePart: Dore, Dan

namePart: White, Jean

namePart: Gardner, William Henry (1865-1932)

text: Reminiscing

text: Daydreaming

text: Waltzes

text: Printed as part of an unidentified newspaper.  Verso has fragment of comic (in color) titled The baby's conquest.

text: Summary:  Dreaming is a wonderful experience.

text: words by Wm. H. Gardner ; music by Dan Dore.

title: The roses of long ago

title: Dreaming in the twilight golden dreams of yore. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Rosie my love, sweetheart come sit by my side. [first line]

originInfo: 1896San FranciscoThe Zeno Mauvais Music Company.

namePart: Johnson, Lee, songwriter

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  [at right:] Sung with great success by Harry de Lain, Le petite Rose and Louise Royce ; the sweetest waltz-song ever written. [At left:] Sung with great success by the peerless Corinne and Carroll Johnson the waltz-song king.  Includes photograph of Corinne.

text: Summary: The narrator is in love with Rosie Deane, the idol of his heart.

text: words and music by Lee Jonson.

title: Rosie Deane

title: Rosie Deane you are my queen, The swellest girl I've seen. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Sally, don't dally, stick to O'Malley. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Graham, Charles, composer

namePart: Cragg, Geo. A.

namePart: Wehman, Henry J.

text: Dating (Social custom)

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Songs, Irish

text: Cover illustration shows a drawing by Archie Gunn of a young man and young woman in a field; the man is gesturing to the woman who appears to be turned away from him. Drawing copyright 1896 by W. R. Hearst.

text: Summary:  The narrator wants to date Sally, a woman of Irish extraction, but her father prefers O'Malley. The narrator promises to be ready in a year.

text: Printed as a supplement to The Journal, New York, June 7, 1896.

text: words and music by Chas. Graham.

title: Sally, don't dally

title: A darling little Irish lass thro' blarney won my heart. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Santa, Santa Maria, my joy, my pride. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkOlympia Music Publishing Co.

namePart: Hammerstein, Oscar (1846-1919)

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Gems from the romantic opera in three acts as produced at Hammerstein's Olympia Theatre.

text: Summary:  The narrator [apparently Lieutenant Bertrand] praises Santa Maria as the woman he loves.

text: words and music by Oscar Hammerstein.

title: Santa Maria, my joy, my pride

title: Santa Maria. Santa Maria, my joy, my pride. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896New YorkOscar Hammerstein

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Coming to Parson's Theatre, Hartford, Conn., January 1-2, 1897. Mat. New Year Day....The celebrated waltz son from teh comic opera Santa Maria which has just finished a remarkable run of over 100 nights at Hammerstein's Olympia Theatre, New York.

text: words and music by Oscar Hammerstein.

title: Santa Maria, my joy, my pride

title: Santa Maria, my joy, my pride. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Coming to the Providence Opera House, Providence, R. I. January 8th and 9th 1897. Matinee, Sat. 9th...the celebrated waltz song from teh comic opera Santa Maria which has just finished a remarkable run of voer 100 nights at Hammerstein's Olympia Theatre, New York.

text: words and music by Oscar Hammerstein.

title: Santa Maria, my joy, my pride

text: Sheet music


title: Sarah! Sarah! Fondly I love you. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Boston, Mass.Bates & Bendix

namePart: Graham, R. E.

namePart: Reed, E. Clark

text: Figurines

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  A whimsical songa dn chorus.

text: Summary:  A china figurine is in love with the housekeeper Sarah; when she accidentally drops him he breaks as does his heart, but she keeps him in memory.

text: Cover includes a photograph of R. E. Graham with a reproduction of his signature.

text: song by R.E. Graham.

title: Sarah, or, A broken heart

title: A broken heart. [alternative title]

title: Oh! a little china figure on a little bracket sat. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The night was dark and stormy, the snow feel ev'rywhere. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHomer Tourjée Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Lind, W. Murdoch

namePart: Tourjee, Homer

text: Sick children

text: To 1899

text: Waltzes

text: Pathos

text: Cover includes reproduction of a painting: in a small room a sick child lies in bed, a doctor leaning over her, his chin in his hand; in the background a mother's head is buried in her arm, while her husband looks gravely at the doctor.

text: Summary:  The doctor comes to visit a sick child; the mother is also ill, and the father out of work; they ask him for help due to their circumstances.  The doctor leaves, then returns, giving the parents money to buy medicine and declares their child is safe because Heaven has heard the parents' cry.

text: words by Murdoch Lind ; music by Homer Tourjée.

title: Save our little Nell

title: Save our little girl, sir, she's our only child. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Send back the picture and the wedding ring. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkThe New York Music Co.

namePart: Ward, Chas. B.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Jealousy

text: Reconciliation

text: Broken homes

text: Cover includes a photograph of Chas. B. Ward wearing a checked suit with a flower in his left lapel

text: Summary:  A happy household is broken by a jealous wife who believes her husband is untrue; she takes the family picture and wedding ring.  On Christmas she returns, recognizing that her belief in his infidelity was false; the family is happy once again.

text: words and music by Gussie L. Davis.

title: Send back the picture and the ring

title: A little home so happy, once cheerful and so bright. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Jealousy

text: Reconciliation

text: Broken homes

text: Cover includes a photograph of Chas. B. Ward in a tweed jacket with a reproduction of his signature.

text: words and music by Gussie L. Davis.

title: Send back the picture and the ring

text: Sheet music


title: The owl in the belfry is wooing his love with tu whit and tu whoo. [first line]

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

namePart: Englander, Ludwig (1853-1914)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

namePart: Wilson, Francis

text: Courtship

text: Serenading

text: Love songs

text: On cover:  Francis' Wilson's comic opera success produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre, N.Y.  Includes list of published songs.

text: Summary:  As various animals in nature court one another, so should you be my queen because I love you.

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

title: Serenade

title: Half a King. Serenade. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: There was once a little miss, that you'd give the world to kiss. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Leslie, Fannie (1856-1935)

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

namePart: Ford, Walter H.

text: Deception

text: Humorous songs

text: Fortune hunters

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center: Hitchcock's, 11 Park Row, N.Y.

text: On cover:  A decidedly demure ditty...Sung with terrific successs by Fanny Leslie at Koster & Bial's, new York.  A suitable companion to their "Henrietta have you met her."

text: Texts to extra verses and chorus printed on page 2.

text: Summary: She's a woman who attracts many men and dresses in black; she eventually tricks her suitors.

text: Cover drawing show a woman dressed in black with a parasole, against a red background.

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

title: She is always dressed in black

title: She could look so innocent and cute, she had charms that no one could dispute. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: T'was on a city's busy street I heard a woman's cry. [first line]

originInfo: 1896[Chicago]Will Rossiter

namePart: Beebe, Warren

namePart: Rossiter, Will (1867-1954)

namePart: Williams, W. R.

text: Reconciliation

text: Runaway children

text: Homeless persons

text: Pathos

text: Former owner's signature above caption title:  G. Rosskann [?].

text: Summary:  A homeless woman on a city street collapses, and she is rushed to a sickbed; an elderly woman approaches and recognizes the victim as her daughter, explaining how she had run away from home; the daughter wakes and both reconcile, saying that all is forgiven.

text: words and music by W.R. Williams.

title: She's somebody's sweetheart, or, Somebody's sweetheart in the days of yore

title: She's somebody's sweetheart drifting down life's tide. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: She is the daughter of officer Porter, is charming Kitty. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Schleiffarth, George (d. 1921)

namePart: Rourke, M. E.

namePart: Gilson, Gertie

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Waltzes

text: Motherless families

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  A cyclonic hit...introduced with unprecedented success by the inimitable comedienne Gertie Gilson.  Cover includes a photograph of Gertie Gilson.

text: Summary: People wonder who's walking with Police Officer Porter - it's his daughter Kitty, who's known as the pride of the police force. Kitty and her brother Danny visit Officer Porter every day since their mother died. Many men want to marry Kitty, but when asked who's her favorite man, she replies it's her dad.

text: Dealer's stamp on first page of music:  Gutman, No. 3, Ave. A, N.Y.

text: words by M.E. Rourke ; music by Geo. Schleiffarth.

title: She's the daughter of officer Porter

title: P'liceman Porter on beat, people observe him daily. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Singing in a trolley car, what a jolly crowd they are. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Fuchsius, John H.

text: Trolley cars

text: Waltzes

text: Cover includes reproduction of a painting showing a trolley car in motion carrying people, some playing musical instruments.

text: Summary:  People are happy and singing while riding a trolley car; parties are forming between "boys and girls" to ride the trolley car; after an evening it's a way to get home.

text: words and music by John H. Fuchsius.

title: Singing in a trolley car

title: Home from a picnic they're coming this little jolly crowd. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: You will take good care of your little sister, Tom. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkMcKinley Music Co.

namePart: Armstrong, Paul B.

namePart: Bennett, William H.

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Cover includes drawing of a night scene at a lake with trees, with the moon shining.

text: Summary: When the narrator, Tom, and his sister were young, their mother was called away to attend to her ill grandfather; mother told Tom to sing baby a lullaby; now the sister is grown and has a child of her own to which she sings the same lullabye.

text: Former owner's signature on cover at top center:  William H. Bennett.

text: story by Clara Scott ; music by Paul B. Armstrong.

title: Singing the dear little baby to sleep

title: Singing the dear little baby to sleep

title: Bye-o-bye, baby rest on my arm. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Some people have the money, and others have the brains. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkBoosey & Co.

namePart: Bowyer, Frederick

namePart: Hall, Josephine

text: Singers

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Chorus also arranged for soloist and soprano, tenor, and bass voices.

text: On cover:  Sung by Miss Josephine Hall, in the new musical comedy The girl from Paris.

text: Summary:  No singer is quite like Sister Mary Jane (who apparently can't sing at all), so watch out when she sings.

text: words by F. Bowyer ; music by Ivan Caryll.

title: Sister Mary Jane's top note

title: Girl from Paris. Sister Mary Jane's top note. [uniform title]

title: Sit back! hold tight! Mary's going to sing! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Lullaby ships are waiting for thee, bye lo, babykin, bye lo. [first line]

originInfo: 1896ChicagoBedford Music Company

namePart: Chisholm, Myra Augur

namePart: Brehany, Louise M.

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Dealer's stamp on cover:  Metropolitan Co., formerly Minneapolis House of W. J. Dyer & Bro., 509-511 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.

text: Summary:  Lullaby ships wait for baby to take you to slumber.

text: On cover:  Dedicated to, and sung by Louise M. Brehany. Cover includes photograph of Louise M. Brehany in profile.

text: Version in F major for soprano or tenor.

text: words and music by Myra Augur Chisholm.

title: Slumber sea

title: Bye lo, babykin mine, mother is sailing with thee. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoThe S. Brainard's Sons Co.

namePart: Stern, True A.

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Cover includes photograph of Louise M. Brehany holding flowers.

text: Former owner's signature on cover at top right:  True A. Stern.

text: Version in D flat major for mezzo soprano or baritone.

text: words and music by Myra Augur Chisholm.

title: Slumber sea

text: Sheet music


text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Below caption title:  Revised version.

text: Cover include drawing of a mother rocking her baby in a cradle to sleep.

text: words and music by Myra Augur Chisholm.

title: Slumber sea

text: Sheet music


title: Some things are better left unsaid! [first line of chorus]

namePart: Hoyt, Charles Hale (1859-1900)

text: Humorous songs

text: Topical songs

text: Texts for 3 additional verses printed on page 5.

text: On cover:  The great hit in Chas. H. Hoyt's comedy A black sheep sung by Mr. Otis Harlan ("Hot Stuff").  Cover includes a full-length photograph of Otis Harlan. Cover also includes a drawing a sheep in silhouette with a ribbon tied around its waist.

text: Summary: The narrator can tell of many topical issues, but some things are better left unsaid.

text: words by Chas. H. Hoyt, music by Richard Stahl.

title: Somethings are better left unsaid

title: Blacksheep. Some things are better left unsaid. [uniform title]

title: Do you want to know the rest, or shall I stop? [alternative title]

title: I know a little song about the topics of the day. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Enemy to the king. Song of the sun-dial. [uniform title]

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

namePart: Howson, Frank A.

namePart: Stephens, Robert Neilson (1867-1906)

namePart: Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh) (1859-1933)

text: Deception

text: Love songs

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  Sung in E. H. Sothern's play An enemy to the king.  Cover includes a full-length photograph of E. H. Sothern in costume, a sword at his side, his right hand raised, holding his hat.

text: Summary: Bright as sun and quick to fade is a love of a false woman; but the love of a true woman is like a breath in May or the stars.

text: words by R.N. Stephens ; music by Frank A. Howson.

title: Song of the sun-dial

title: Bright as the sun, more quick to fade; deadly as marsh-lights prove. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The sparkle of my lady's eyes. [first line]

text: Deception

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover includes a photograph of an unidentified male actor in costume.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  H. A. French, music publisher & dealer, Nashville, [Tennessee].

text: On cover:  Sung in E. H. Sothern's play An enemy to the king.

text: Summary:  The sparkle of a lady's eyes is a joy for men, but is deceptive when women show their treason.

title: The sparkle of my lady's eyes

title: Enemy to the king. Sparkle of my lady's eyes. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: When spring time comes; when joyous spring time comes; and fills the earth with balmy air. [first line]

originInfo: 1896CincinnatiGeo. B. Jennings Co.

namePart: Pierpont, Ida Mae

namePart: Voige, Geo. A.

namePart: Emerson

text: Spring

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Cover illustration is a reproduction of a painting showing a man dressed in a toga and woman dressed in a stola; the man inclines to smell a flower held by the woman. General cover design by Emerson, Cincinnati, Ohio.

text: Summary: The wonderful season of spring is the time for love.

text: Dedication on cover:  Respectfully inscribed to Miss Ida Mae Pierpont.

text: words and music by Geo. A. Voige, Jr.

title: Spring time of love

title: Radiant, glorious spring time of love; happy and bright golden hours. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: How can I wait when she I worship only, friendless and fair, my help may sorely need? [first line]

originInfo: 1896LondonAscherberg, Hopwood & Crew, Ltd.

namePart: Greenbank, Harry

namePart: Coffin, Hayden (1862-1935)

namePart: Browne, John C. (John Coates) (1838-1918)

text: Love songs

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Sung by Mr. C. Hayden Coffin, also by Mr. John Coates...song from the Japanese musical play The geisha.

text: Summary: Reginald Fairfax asks how he can wait for the woman he loves; he has not told her how much he loves her and dreams of the future with her.

text: Version in G major.

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

title: Star of my soul

title: Geisha. Star of my soul. [uniform title]

title: Glory of flow'rs and fairy land around me. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Give a rouse, then, in the maytime for a life that known no fear! [first lien]

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

namePart: Hovey, Richard (1864-1900)

namePart: Bullard, Frederic Field (1864-1904)

text: Drinking songs

text: Collective cover page:  Songs by Frederic Field Bullard [contains list of songs composed by Bullard].

text: Summary: It's good to be with friends when drinking; life is short so let's enjoy it.

text: Chorus has additional notes if performed with three-part chorus.

text: words by Richard Hovey ; music by Frederic Field Bullard.

title: A stein song

title: For we know the world is glorious, and teh goal a golden thing. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Strolling on the sand list'ning to the band. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkWillis Woodward & Co.

namePart: Carrie, Robina

namePart: Clark, J. Carrie

text: Bands

text: Dating (Social custom)

text: Waltzes

text: Summary: The narrator listens to a band, meets and is very taken by a woman; when he asks her to be his she replies to listen to the band.

text: words by J. Carrie Clark ; music by Robina Carrie.

title: Strolling on the sand, list'ning to the band

title: Strains of sweetest music came floating from teh band. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Jennie Jennie you're fairer than any, the songbirds are singing this tune. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Sayers, Henry J.

text: Courtship

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  The N.Y. Sunday World's popular songs series, no. 6.

text: Summary: In a quiet nook the narrator meets Jennie June who has taught him how to love; he hopes that she'll say yes when he proposes.

text: words and music by Henry J. Sayers.

title: Sweet Jennie June

title: 'Neath the brow of the hill, by a murmering rill. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Sweet Nellie Dailey always so gaily laughing and chaffing where e'er you are seen. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896[New York]Jos. De Knight

namePart: Demarest, Harry

namePart: Cobb, K. A., Mrs.

namePart: DeKnight, Jos.

namePart: Reno, John

text: Courtship

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Former owner's signature on first page of music at top center:  Mrs. K. A. Cobb.

text: Former owner's stamp on first page of music at top left:  Jos. DeKnight, 688 Lexington Ave., New York.

text: Professional copy, lacking cover.

text: Summary:  Every boy praises his sweetheart, but none can compare with Nellie Dailey, to whom my heart belongs completely.

text: words and music by Willd. Cobb & John Reno.

title: Sweet Nellie Dailey

title: Ev'ry boy praises his sweetheart, calls her a ruby or pearl. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Sweet Rosie O'Grady, my dear little Rose. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkEdward B. Marks Music Corporation

namePart: Nugent, Maude

namePart: Mortan, Nat

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover includes a photograph of Nat Mortan.

text: On cover:  The season's tremendous success...waltz song and chorus.

text: Summary:  I'm engaged to Rosie O'Grady; how happy we will be when married.

text: words and music by Maude Nugent.

title: Sweet Rosie O'Grady

title: Just around the corner of the street where I reside. [first line]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Hart, Annie

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover includes a photograph of Annie Hart with a reproduction of her signature.

text: words and music by Maude Nugent.

title: Sweet Rosie O'Grady

text: Sheet music


namePart: Milett, Florence

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover includes a photograph of Florence Milett.

text: words and music by Maude Nugent.

title: Sweet Rosie O'Grady

text: Sheet music


text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover: Betty Grable, Robert Young, Adolphe Menjou.

text: words and music by Maude Nugent.

title: Sweet Rosie O'Grady

text: Sheet music


title: The sweet voice in the choicr sounded oh so sweet to him. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Boston, Mass.The Vivian Music Publishing Co.

namePart: Lawry, M. B.

namePart: Hailey, K. S.

namePart: Fisher, E. S.

text: Choirs (Music)

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Organ (Musical instrument)

text: Family reunions

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Former owner's signature on cover at top right:  K. S. Hailey.

text: Cover drawing by E. S. Fisher shows a man playing at a large organ; an inset shows a woman holding music and singing.

text: Summary: A stranger wanders in a church, thinking of his far away family; he is entranced by a voice in the choir. Wanting to see the person with the voice, he discovers it is Estelle, his daughter.  He asks about her mother, but the child say that she died which is why she was searching for her father.  Now united, father and daughter will not separate.

text: words and music by M.B. Lawry.

title: The sweet voice in the choir

title: The bells were grandly ringing, for the early morning pray'r. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Tkae me down to Coney Island by the sea. [first line]

originInfo:
1896

      New York

    T.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

text: Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)

text: Sailing

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  3d annual review as produced by Canary and Lederer at the N.Y. Casino.

text: Summary: Take me to Coney Island to go boating or bathing.

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

title: Take me down to Coney Island

title: In gay New York. Take me down to Coney Island. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: That'll be all aright, baby! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkSpaulding & Gray

namePart: Cook, Will Marion

namePart: Huth, Maud

text: African Americans

text: Adultery

text: Cover includes drawings of three stereotyped images of African Americans.

text: On cover:  The funny Negro song hit sung by Maud Huth. Cover includes a full-length photograph of Maud Huth.

text: Summary: The narrator goes to visit his girlfriend Lula, but finding the door locked, looks in the window and finds her making love with another man. The narrator yells at Lula and draws a knife to the other man, but winds up being wounded.

text: words and music by Will M. Cook.

title: That'll be all right, Baby

title: Late last night about eleven o-clock, went to see my Lula gal the door was locked. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: On Newport's strand, he held my hand, professed he was an earl, sir! [first line]

namePart: Cohn, Paul

namePart: Rourke, M. E.

text: Moon

text: Deception

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover drawing shows a man and woman seated on a veranda, shaded by a large umbrella, overlooking a lake.  The Moon is winking an eye and smiling.

text: Summary:  In summer at Newport, the narrator, a girl, is impressed with a man who tells stories and calls himself an earl and feels love. But in winter the man turns out to be a drummer and uses the stories to sell goods.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  Serio-comic novelty.

text: words by M.E. Rourke ; music by Paul Cohn.

title: That's why the moon was smiling

text: Sheet music


title: Then comes the sad awakening, the pangs of deep regret. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkChas. K. Harris

namePart: Rutledge, Gertrude

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

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

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Quarreling

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Regret

text: On cover:  Sung by Gertrude Rutledge at Hammerstein's Victoria Roof Garden New York.  Cover includes a photograph of Gertrude Rutledge in profile.

text: Published as the musical supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser, September 24, 1899, pages 13-16.

text: Summary: Two lovers have a quarrel; the man tries to reconcile but the woman will not, so they are separated, yet she longs to be forgiven.  Years later the man is dead, and the woman, now old, has never been able to marry, and still remembers her love with regret.

text: words and music by Charles K. Harris.

title: Then comes the sad awakening

title: A maid and youth were lovesr, in the long ago. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: There are things that cannot be explained. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Horwitz, Charles (1864-1938)

namePart: Bowers, Frederick K.

text: Humorous songs

text: Topical songs

text: Paradoxes

text: On cover:  Topical comic songa nd refrain. Introduced with great success by the writers, Horwitz & Bowers.  Cover includes photograph of Chas. Horwitz and Frederick V. Bowers.

text: Summary:  A man goes to a ballroom dance, and though he dances properly, he'd rather see a kootchy kootchy dance; A woman in the morning does not consider it proper to be underdressed, but an evening gown can have less clothing; a father with a baby boy wishes for a girl, but is suprised when his wife delivers triplets. The chorus tells how such paradoxes can not be explained.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  Hitchcock, 7 Barclay St., N.Y.

text: words by Chas. Horwitz ; music by Fred. Bowers.

title: A man goes to the ballroom, to have a jolly time. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: While passing by a village church one morning long ago. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Houston, TexasThos. M. Bowers Music Co.

namePart: Bowers, Thos. M.

namePart: Allgeyer, R. H.

text: Weddings

text: Telegrams

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover includes 3 drawings: 1) a woman carrying a letter; 2) a seated man with his head in his hand; 3) a telegram reading:  "I'm going to join a convent Jack. Forge the past and me." signed Katie.

text: Summary:  The narrator passes a church and hears lovely organ music for a wedding; but the Parson explains there will be no wedding; the bride has sent a telegram saying that she's joining a convent.

text: words and music by Thos. M. Bowers.

title: There'll be no wedding here today

title: There'll be no wedding here today, the good old Parson said. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: There's a little nook I know in a garden quaint and old. [first line]

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

namePart: Dear, Charles J., Mrs.

namePart: Bartlett, Elinore C.

namePart: Weatherly, C.

text: Dating (Social custom)

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Collective cover: Songs by Kate Vannah [includes list of songs authored by Kate Vannah].  Also includes photograph of Kate Vannah.

text: Summary:  There's a little nook where young folks go, where two are company but three are none; that's where I went with my friend long ago.

text: words by C. Weatherly ; music by Elinore C. Bartlett and Kate Vannah.

title: There's a little nook I know

text: Sheet music


title: Just down there by the ferry, 'mongst newsboys gay and merry. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Slafer, William E.

namePart: Gardenier, Ed

text: Newspaper vendors

text: Waltzes

nameType: personal

text: Paperboys

text: On cover:  As sung by the Newsboys' Quintette with Hyde's Comedians.

text: Summary:  Maggie Grady helps support her mother and brother by selling newspapers because her father died; the newsboys help her out because they love her; they help sell her papers and when they get into a fight, Maggie calms them down.

text: words by Ed. Gardenier ; music by Wm. E. Slafer.

title: They all love Maggie Grady

title: For they all love Maggie Grady, she's a perfect little lady. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: They stood by the stream where they often had strayed. [first line]

originInfo: 1896BostonH.B. Stevens

namePart: Lennox, Lindsay

namePart: Conroy, Peter

namePart: McGlennon, Felix (1856-1943)

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Jealousy

text: Reconciliation

text: Waltzes

text: Summary:  Standing by a stream, a man accuses his girlfriend of being untrue to him and given her affections to another; his jealousy prevented him from listening to her entreaties; finally a third party tells him the tale was false, and they fall in love again.

text: words by Lindsay Lennox ; music by Felix McGlennon.

title: They parted in anger

title: They parted in anger, they parted in pain. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Those wedding bells must not ring out, she is another's bride. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Brooklyn, N.Y.Chas. W. Held

namePart: Comer, Imogene

namePart: Rising, Will S.

namePart: Mora, Helene

namePart: Mackay, Julie

namePart: Libbey, J. Aldrich (1864-1925)

namePart: Simpson, Alfred L.

namePart: Maxwell, Joseph (d. 1930)

namePart: Held, Charles W.

namePart: Rosenfeld, Monroe H.

text: Weddings

text: Murder

text: Waltzes

text: Summary:  During a wedding ceremony, a person in the audience stops the ceremony and claims the bride-to-be is already married; the sexton and audience are stunned; the sexton tries to continue but then another man comes forward and claims she will not marry because he is her husband.  He then stabs the bride dead and kills himself, while his dying words resound in the sad audience's ears.

text: On cover:  Illustrated and sung by [followed by 6 photographs of people who have sung the song, their names printed on images of bells:] Imogene Comer; Will S. Rising; J. Aldrich Libbey; Joseph B. Maxwell & Alfred L. Simpson; Julie Mackey; Helene Mora. Includes reproduction of Helene Mora's signature.

text: words and music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld.

title: Those wedding bells shall not ring out

title: A sexton stood one Sabbath eve within a belfry grand. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Tho' the years have flown by 'til they've reach'd three score two. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Chicago ; New YorkThe Chicago Music Co.

namePart: Spivack, Ephraim

namePart: Stewart, J. Garland

text: Reminiscing

text: Happiness

text: Summary:  The narrator reminisces to a friend, asking whether the person also feels young, and if so, asks that they banish care, laugh and be gay.

text: Former owner's stamp on cover at top left:  Cantor Ephraim Spivack, Temple Sinai 1920-1948.

text: Page 5:  Final measure lacks concluding double bar [end of song?].

text: song by J. Garland Stewart.

title: Three score and two

title: I'm young yet - are you? [alternative title]

title: Then come, banish care, let's laugh and be gay. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Time is money, yes, and money it is time, and don't you be forgetting it. [first line of chorus]

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

namePart: Tilbury, Walter

namePart: Barnes, Fred

text: Time

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  Comic song as sung in One round of pleasure.

text: Summary:  There are many different kinds of time; time is money and money is time.

text: Texts to 4 additional verses printed on p. 5.

text: written by Walter Tilbury and Fred. J. Barnes ; composed by Walter Tilbury.

title: Time is money

title: Now ev'ry fairy rhyme begins with "once upon a time"! [first line]

title: One round of pleasure. Time is money. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Sleep gently, sweetheart, my love, my life! [first line of chorus]

namePart: Abeles, Edward S.

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Children

text: Death

text: Infants

text: Summary:  A mother rocks her baby to sleep, her face beaming love; she sings a lullaby whenever the baby wakes or go to sleep, even when she is in pain at the doctor's prediction of the baby's death.

text: words and music by Edward S. Abeles.

title: To me you're a baby, dear

title: A mother whose eyes beamed brightly with love, sat rocking her babe to sleep. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: I'll wish him a polite good-day. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1896Boston ; [etc.]White-Smith Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Greenbank, Harry

namePart: Monckton, Lionel (1861-1924)

text: Characters and characteristics

text: Toys -- 1890-1899

text: Upper class

text: England

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Former owner's signature on cover at top right [cut off; illegible].

text: Verso of title page contains the title "I'll wish him a polite good-day" with texts of two verses and choruses.

text: Pages 6-7 contain dance music for solo piano.

text: Summary:  A toy monkey wanders out of a store to see society, but they ignore him.  Trying to return he gets damaged; the storemen try to fix him but in vain.

text: On cover:  Sung by Miss Letty Lind...song and dance from teh Japanese muical play The geisha.

text: words by Harry Greenbank ; music by Lionel Monckton.

title: The toy monkey

title: "Click! click" said the monkey on a stick, "never in a shop I'll stay!" [first line of chorus]

title: Fresh from the paintpot, a monkey on a stick posed in the window of a shop. [first line]

title: Geisha. Toy monkey. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: In gay New York. Trip around the town. [uniform title]

namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

text: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

text: Musicals

text: Summary:  The narrator describes various sites and people to see in Manhattan, describing the enjoyable time to be had on such a trip.

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

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

title: Trip around the town

title: Get a drink and a shave and aflower in your coat. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Turn thy great eyes on me, woman of wondrous wiles. [first line]

namePart: Sheffield, J. B.

text: Love songs

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: Former owner's signature on cover at top right:  J. B. Sheffield.

text: On cover: 3d annual review as produced by Canary and Lederer at the N.Y. Casino.

text: Summary:  The narrator is in love with his girlfriend Carmen; he asks her not to reject him but to accept his love.

title: Turn thy great eyes on me

title: In gay New York. Turn thy great eyes on me. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Two heads are better than one, and were since the world was begun. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Morse, Woolson (1858-1897)

namePart: Goodwin, J. Cheever (John Cheever) (1850-1912)

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Aphorisms and apothegms

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right:  Johann Schick, music publisher, dealer in musical [merchandise] strings, &c. 962 3d Ave., between 57th and 58th Sts., N.Y.

text: On cover:  Lost, strayed or stolen : musical comedy as produced at the Fifth Ave. Theatre, New York.

text: Summary:  (alternate verses sung by the characters Rose and De Champignol).  Rose was taught the aphorism "two heads are better than one" and has used it to her advantage to all her life. De Champignol feels the statement is a fallacy, but Rose shows that his logic is at fault by the proof that when kissing, two heads are better than one.

text: words by J. Cheever Goodwin ; music by Woolson Morse.

title: Two heads are better than one

title: Lost, strayed or stolen. Two heads are better than one. [uniform title]

title: The nuns at the convent, my dear, who sought in to models to build us. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Aphorisms and apothegms

title: Two heads are better than one

text: Sheet music


field: copyrightDate

title: Two little blue little shoes two little feet, where are they? [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18961900[Chicago ; New York][Frank K. Root & Co.]

namePart: Rourke, M. E.

namePart: Peasley, Lea

namePart: O'Hare, Jos.

text: Shoes -- 1890-1899

text: Waltzes

text: Children

text: Death

text: On cover:  Published by New York Journal and Advertiser, by permission of Frank K. Root & Co., New York and Chicago...Sunday November 4, 1900, page 5-8.

text: On cover: ...sung by Master Jos. O'Hare, the choir boy at Keith Union Square Theatre, N.Y. Cover includes photograph of Jos. O'Hare dressed in choir boy vestments, singing from a book.

text: Summary:  A trunk is open, and among the contents are two little blue shoes; mother starts to cry, and explains [to the narrator] that they were the shoes of sister Irene who has since died; hide the shoes before father sees them; the shoes bring back memories of baby.

text: words by M.E. Rourke ; music by L. Peasley.

title: Two little, blue little shoes

title: A trunk standing open and near it a child, enchanted by what meets its sight. [first line]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896Chicago ; New YorkFrank K. Root & Co.

namePart: Barry, Bert B.

text: Shoes -- 1890-1899

text: Waltzes

text: Children

text: Death

text: Cover includes photograph of a small girl kneeling while looking at an open trunk in a living room.  Cover also includes drawing of two shows hanging from lettering of song title.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top right:  Bert B. Barry, Bloomington [Indiana].

text: On cover:  A companion song to "My baby's kiss."

title: Two little, blue little shoes

title: trunk standing open and near it a child, enchanted by what meets its sight. [first line]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896Chicago ; New YorkMcKinley Music Co.

text: Shoes -- 1890-1899

text: Waltzes

text: Children

text: Death

text: Cover includes drawing of two shoes.

title: Two little, blue little shoes

text: Sheet music


title: Two little eyes of blue, peek a boo. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Hetzel, George (1826-1899)

namePart: Hatzfeldt, Olga von, Countess

text: Children and adults -- 1800-1899

text: Waltzes

text: Infants

text: On cover:  Sung by Countess Hatzfeldt. Includes photograph of Countess Olga von Hatzfeldt.

text: Published as a supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser, Oct. 17, 1897.

text: Cover includes drawing of a woman walking in a garden among grass, bushes and trees. Page 4 has the drawing of a rose superimosed on the music.

text: Summary:  In a happy family home, mother and father play peek a boo with baby.

text: words and music by Ernest Hogan.

title: Two little eyes of blue

title: In a cottage so neat where the roses abound. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Under the window he softly crept while father and mother and Towser slept. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Cincinnati; New York ; [etc.]The John Church Company

namePart: Klein, Charles (1867-1915)

namePart: Sousa, John Philip (1854-1932)

namePart: Hopper, De Wolf (1858-1935)

text: Serenading

text: Elopements

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  Vocal and instrumental selections from El Capitan, the new comic opera written for the DeWolf Hopper Opera Co. Cover includes lithograph of De Wolf Hopper as El Capitan.

text: Summary:  A man comes to serenade a woman with a guitar and a tune "typical of Zanzibar"; she agrees to fall in love; but Towser objects and has them buried by the sea where it is said one can still hear his guitar.

text: book by Charles Klein ; music by John Philip Sousa.

title: A typical tune of Zanzibar

title: Capitan (Operetta). Typical tune of Zanzibar. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: When the stars are softly gleaming through the curtains of the night. [first line]

originInfo: 1896ChicagoSol Bloom

namePart: Blake, Winfield

namePart: Couchais, C. J.

namePart: D’Arville, Camille

namePart: Bushnell, Frederick H. (b. 1861)

text: Unrequited love

text: Waltzes

text: On cover:  Sung at the Orpheum by Camille D'Arville.  Includes photograph by Frederick H. Bushnell of Camille D'Arville seated in a chair.

text: Published as a musical supplement to the [Chicago] Sunday Examiner.

text: Summary:  The narrator is tortured by a hopeless love and wonders why they love the person they do; the narrator hopes to receive a positive answer in a dreams.

text: words by Winfield Blake ; music by C.J. Couchais.

title: Unrequited

title: Then why do I love you, I wonder; why do I long for you so? [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: What would your answer be, love, tell it, my heart, to me. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Deagon, Arthur (ca. 1873-1927)

namePart: Levi, Maurice

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

text: Questioning

text: Love songs

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by the well-known baritone Arthur K. Deagon of Ward & Vokes Co. Cover includes photograph of Arthur K. Deagon.

text: Summary:  The narrator poses questions to their friend wondering if they share the love the narrator feels.

text: words by Raymond A. Browne ; music Maurice Levi.

title: What would your answer be?

title: If I should ask you to be mine, what would your answer be? [first line]

text: Sheet music