title: She's my Louisi, Louisi, Louisi, Louisiana from the tropics [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899San Francisco, Cal.The Pacific Musical Office

namePart: Stevens, Edwin (1860-1923)

namePart: Faircloth, Frank T.

namePart: Fenster, Isidore

text: Marriage

text: African Americans

text: Alabama

text: Birmingham

text: Cuban Americans

text: Emigrants

text: Cover illustration features a young lady wearing a hat with feathers and a muff.

text: On cover: as sung with great succcess by Edwin Stevens, Conchita, Irene Franklin, Walter J. Talbot and, others.

text: Photograph of Edwin Stevens by Bushnell on cover.

text: words by Frank T. Faircloth ; music by Isodore Fenster.

title: Louisiana from Havana

title: I dun heard much noise of late from color'd gentry 'bout dem nigger wenches [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


mmsType: Item

field: dateIssued

keyDate: yes

field: copyrightDate

title: I wonder if she really loves me, I'd like to know [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New York ; [etc.]Jos. W. Stern & Co.

sourceSystem: mms

namePart: Johnson, James Weldon (1871-1938)

type: personal

authority: naf

usage: primary

namePart: Harlley, Francis

namePart: Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond) (1873-1954)

type: topic

authority: lcsh

text: African American men

text: African American women

authority: lctgm

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Courtship

type: temporal

type: content

text: Cover illustration features a full moon reflecting on a lake with blue background.

text: Photograph of Francis Harlley, "prima donna soprano," on cover.

type: statement of responsibility

text: composed by Bob Cole; words and music [edited] by J.W. and Rosamond Johnson.

title: Louisiana Lize

supplied: no

title: All de time I'm working I'm a thinking 'bout my darling, down de ribber, cross de way [First line of song]

text: Sheet music

rights: Can be used inside free NYPL exhibition catalogs and in free NYPL brochures

rights: Can be used in advertising for NYPL exhibitions, on catalog covers, in press kits, or fundraising activities

rights: Can be sold through 3rd party print partner (e.g., New York Times)

rights: Can be used in products created by NYPL for commercial gain (e.g., Library Shop, CDs, DVDs, etc.)

rights: The items in this collection that were published prior to 1923 may be used freely, without restriction. Items published in 1923 or later may not be used for commercial purposes.

rights: We believe that this item has no known US copyright restrictions. The item may be subject to rights of privacy, rights of publicity and other restrictions. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

collectionTitle: American popular songs.


text: African American men

text: African American women

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Courtship

text: Cover illustration features a full moon reflecting on a lake with yellow background.

text: On cover: May Irwin's latest success.

text: Photograph of May Irwin on cover.

title: Louisiana Lize

text: Sheet music


namePart: Gilson, Lottie

text: African American men

text: African American women

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Courtship

text: Photograph of Lottie Gilson on cover.

title: Louisiana Lize

text: Sheet music


namePart: Franklin, Irene

text: African American men

text: African American women

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Courtship

text: Photograph of Irene Franklin on cover.

text: Signature of former owner in pen on title page: Bettina Nye.

title: Louisiana Lize

text: Sheet music


title: The Smugglers of Badayez. Love is a mixture [uniform title]

originInfo: 1899New York ; [etc.]Eward Schubert & Co.

namePart: Ranken, Frederic

namePart: Minkowski, Giacomo (1873-1941)

text: Cupid (Roman deity)

text: Love

text: lyrics by Frederic Ranken ; music by Giack Minkowski.

title: Love is a mixture

title: Sly love, my love, list to the words I confess [First line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The Singing Girl.  Love is a tyrant [uniform title]

originInfo: 1899New York ; [etc.]M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

namePart: Herbert, Victor (1859-1924)

text: Love

text: Despotism

text: On cover: sung by Miss Alice Nielsen.

text: Signature of former owner in pencil in top center of cover: I[?] Crosby.

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

title: Love is tyrant (so I bid you beware)

text: Sheet music


title: The Singing Girl.  Love is tyrant [uniform title]

text: Love

text: Despotism

text: On cover: sung by Miss Alice Nielsen.

text: Contains two page seven's.

text: Contralto in D.

title: Love is tyrant (so I bid you beware)

text: Sheet music


title: My heart's a flame, sweet Louisette, a flame with love of thee [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Englander, Ludwig (1853-1914)

namePart: Stewart, Grant (1866-1929)

text: Marriage proposals

text: On cover: sung by Miss Mabel Gilman in the New York Casino production of "In Gay Paree."

text: words by Grant Stewart ; music by Ludwig Englander.

title: Love letters (Louisette)

text: Sheet music


namePart: Gilman, Mabelle (1882-196?)

type: conference

text: Marriage proposals

text: Cover illustration features a woman sitting near an open window looking at the moon.

text: On cover: sung by Mabel Gilman in "The Rounders" at the Casino, B'Way & 39th St.

text: Photograph of Mabel Gilman on cover.

text: Supplement to New York Journal and Advertiser, Nov. 19, 1899.

title: Love letters (Louisette)

text: Sheet music


title: Week days and on Sunday, never missing one day [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkChas. K. Harris

namePart: Fagan, Barney

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Courtship

text: Supplement to the New York World, Sunday, Feb. 11th 1900.

text: Cover illustration by Kreighoff features a couple walking arm and arm in a wooded area with 5 cupids in corners of cover.

text: by Barney Fagan ; arr. by Max Hoffmann.

title: Lovers lane

title: There's a narrow, winding pathway, where youthful lovers stray [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: How quickly is it o'er, love's hour, and is spent [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899[New York]Tibor Reményi

namePart: Benington, Arthur

namePart: Reményi, Tibor

namePart: Methot, Minnie

text: Love

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Photograph of Minnie Methot on cover.

text: Musical supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser, April 2, 1899, pp. 13-16.

text: On cover: sung by Minnie Methot with RV Benstein Club at the Walford Astoria Musicale.

text: words by Arthur Benington ; music by Tibor Reményi.

title: Love's hour

text: Sheet music


title: I got a place to eat I got a place to sleep I got a plenty good clothes to wear [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Johnson, Billy (1858-1916)

text: African American men

text: Rich people

text: Contentment

text: Second smaller illustration in bottom right-hand of cover is of a split watermelon with 2 straight razors labeled with Cole and Johnson laying on top of the melo and a bottle of gin sitting next to it.  A small chicken head is seen peaking over the watermelon.

text: On cover: sung by Cole and Johnson at the N.Y. Casino Roof Garden in thier comic skit "Coontown Society."

text: Cover illustration features an African American man wearing a top hat with bills in one hand and poker chips in the other.

text: Photograph of Cole & Johnson on cover.

text: by Bob Cole and Billy Johnson.

title: The luckiest coon in town

title: Have you heard about the lucky coon came to town one day in June [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Ma colored gal and I, we went to church one morn, when all the world seemed gay [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899[New York]Chas. K. Harris

namePart: Howard & Emerson

type: corporate

text: African American men

text: African American women

text: Marriage

text: African American infants

text: Weddings

type: geographic

text: United States

text: No cover.

text: words and music by Howard Emerson ; arr. by Max Hoffman.

title: Ma baby girl

title: I'm a goin' to work for ma black baby [First line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: She's ma Filipino baby, she's ma treasure and ma pet [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899Milwaukee ; New YorkChas. K. Harris

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

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

text: African American sailors

authority: tgm

text: Campaigns & battles

text: Philippines

text: Manila

text: Filipinos

text: Weddings

text: Philippines

text: Cover illustration by Frank Parker features an elaborately dressed lady holding a decorated fan.

text: On cover: Sunday World's new music album continued, of great original songs.

text: Supplement to the New York Sunday World,  November 12, 1899.

text: words and music by Chas. K. Harris ; arr. by Jos. Clauder.

title: Ma Filipino babe

title: On a warboat from Manila steaming proudly o'er the foam [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: I listen to the southwinds gently sighing, they speak of you ma lady Lu [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkChas. B. Ward Music Publishing Co. ; Harry von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.

namePart: Brill, Edwin S.

namePart: Clemence, Violet

namePart: Clemence, Rose

namePart: Doty, Charles W.

text: Love

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Marriage proposals

text: Photograph of Violet and Rose Clemence [Clemence Sisters] in center of cover.

text: On cover: sung with great success by Violet and Rose Clemence.

text: words by Chas. W. Doty ; music by Edwin S. Brill.

title: Ma lady Lu

title: Come to me ma lady Lu come, be ma own sweet babe oh! [First line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1899New YorkChas. B. Ward Music Publishing Co.

namePart: Ward, Chas. B.

text: Love

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Marriage proposals

text: Photograph of Chas. B. Ward on cover.

text: On cover: sung with great success by Chas. B. Ward.

title: Ma lady Lu

text: Sheet music


namePart: White, Ruth

text: Love

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Marriage proposals

text: On cover: sung with great success by Ruth White in The Little Host.

text: Photograph of Ruth White on cover.

title: Ma lady Lu

text: Sheet music


namePart: Slavin, John C.

text: Love

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Marriage proposals

text: On cover: a darky love lament.

text: Photograph of John Slavin on cover.

title: Ma lady Lu

text: Sheet music


namePart: World, John

text: Love

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Marriage proposals

text: On cover: sung with great success by John World.

text: Photograph of John World on cover.

title: Ma lady Lu

text: Sheet music


namePart: Hull, Caroline

text: Love

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Marriage proposals

text: On cover: sung with great success by Caroline Hull.

text: Photograph of Caroline Hull on cover.

title: Ma lady Lu

text: Sheet music


namePart: Hyams, John

text: Love

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Marriage proposals

text: Photograph of John Hyams on cover.

text: On cover: sung with great success by John Hyams.

title: Ma lady Lu

text: Sheet music


title: She was like a zephyr in the summer time, was Caroline, so super fine [First line of chorus]

namePart: Hall, Wm. D.

text: African American men

text: African American women

text: African Americans

text: Clothing & dress

text: Deception

text: Cover illustration features a woman holding a letter in her hand, Cupid dressed in a mail man's uniform holding a letter behind his back and, rabbits all around the borders of the cover.

text: On cover: sung with great success by Genaro and Bailey.

text: Photograph of Gennaro and Bailey[?] on cover.

text: words and music by Wm. D. Hall.

title: Ma love divine, ma Caroline

title: I've been razoo'd by an omen, Caroline is her cognomen [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: When the little stars am peepin' and the moon am shinin' bright [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899[New York]T.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: MacGregor, Donald

namePart: Powers, Arthur Augustus

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Courtship

text: Canoes and canoeing

text: Betrothal

text: words by Arthur Augustus Powers ; music by Donald Mac Gregor.

title: Maisie

text: Sheet music


title: You've no doubt met the Bow'ry girl, also the Broadway Belle [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Taylor, Billee

namePart: Young, Chas. W.--q(Charles W.)

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Courtship

text: Betrothal

text: Photograph of Lucy Daly [?] on cover.

text: On cover: sung with great success by Lucy Daly, of Ward & Vokes' Co.

text: words by Chas. W. Young ; music by Billee Taylor.

title: Mamie Dooley

text: Sheet music


title: Of winsome young belles in New York you may talk, you'll see them on Sunday while out for a walk [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899Brooklyn, NYCharles Coleman

namePart: Umber, Lew

namePart: Deveau, Edward

namePart: Deveau, Nelly

text: City & town life

text: New York (State)

text: New York

text: Women -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899

text: Courtship

type: name

nameType: corporate

text: Macy's (Firm)

text: Betrothal

text: New York (N.Y.)

text: Social life and customs

text: "A song that goes everywhere."

text: On cover: sung with great success by Miss Nelly Deveau.

text: Photograph of Nelly Deveau on cover.

text: words by Lew Umber ; music by Ed. Deveau.

title: Mamie Farrell

title: My girl Mamie Farrell works in Macy's dry goods store [First line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Go to sleep, my little charm, I will keep you from all harm [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkWm. C. Dunn & Co.

namePart: Von Tilzer, Harry (1872-1946)

namePart: Gaskin, Geo. J.

text: African American infants

text: African American mothers

text: Mothers and sons

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Love, Maternal

text: Signed photograph of Geo. J. Gaskin on cover.

text: Cover illustration features an African American mother sitting in a parlor chair holding her infant boy in her lap.

text: words and music by Harry Von Tilzer.

title: Mammy's kinky-headed coon

title: Evening shades are falling, Mammy she is calling to her little kinky - headed boy [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Three Lambs.  The man behind the gun [uniform title]

originInfo: 1899Brockton and Rockland [Mass.]Beal & McCarthy

namePart: Corliss, E. W.--q(Edward Warren) (1872-1916)

namePart: Beal, Everett B.

namePart: McCarthy, William H.

text: Death

text: Soldiers

text: American

text: Campaigns & battles

text: Soldiers

text: xFamily relationships

text: Self-sacrifice

text: Photograph of Prof. Everett B. Beal [publisher] on cover.

text: On cover: dedicated to the patrons of the Brockton Fair.

text: Photograph of William H. McCarthy on back cover.

text: by Edward W. Corliss.

title: The man behind the gun

title: Some nations that are famous for their guns of mighty size [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: You've heard about dese coons a winnin' yaller gals [First line of song]

namePart: Ford, Walter H.

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

text: Weddings

text: Women

text: Burma

text: African American sailors

text: Cover illustrations feature one drawing of an African American sailor speaking with a woman dressed in African clothes.  The second illustration features the same man and woman now dressed in elegant Western clothes walking together in a city.

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

title: Mandy from Mandalay

title: I don't make bluffs like other coons a windyin' [First line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Many years ago today wedding bells were ringing gay [First line of song]

namePart: Chattaway, Thurland (1872-1947)

namePart: Homer, Jennie

text: Weddings

text: Love

text: Anniversaries

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Photograph of Jennie Homer on cover.

text: Signature of former owner in pen in center of cover: Bert B. Barry.

text: On cover: successfully sung by Jennie Homer.

text: On title page: To my friend Jos. B. Maxwell.

text: Last page of music is the chorus written for a mixed or male quartette.

text: words and music by Thurland Chattaway.

title: Mandy Lee

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1899New YorkGeo. W. Meyer Music Co.

text: Weddings

text: Love

text: Anniversaries

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Portrait of a caucasian man and woman on cover.

text: words and music by Thurland Chattaway.

title: Mandy Lee

text: Sheet music


namePart: Hastings & Wright

text: Weddings

text: Love

text: Anniversaries

text: Interpersonal relations

text: On cover: successfully sung by Hastings & Wright.

text: Photograph of Hastings and Wright on cover.

text: words and music by Thurland Chattaway.

title: Mandy Lee

text: Sheet music


namePart: Gold, Belle

text: Weddings

text: Love

text: Anniversaries

text: Interpersonal relations

text: On cover: successfully introduced by "The Little Brilliant," Belle Gold.

text: Signed photograph of Belle Gold on cover.

text: words and music by Thurland Chattaway.

title: Mandy Lee

text: Sheet music


namePart: Meyrick, Harry

text: Weddings

text: Love

text: Anniversaries

text: Interpersonal relations

text: On cover: sung with immense success by Harry Meyrick.

text: Photograph of Harry Meyrick on cover.

text: words and music by Thurland Chattaway.

title: Mandy Lee

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1899New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co. / Herbert H. Taylor, Inc.

text: Weddings

text: Love

text: Anniversaries

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Photograph of a woman on cover.

text: Stamp of former owner in upper left-hand corner of cover: Arthur J. Phillips Boston, Mass.

text: words and music by Thurland Chattaway.

title: Mandy Lee

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1899New YorkPioneer Music Publising Company

text: Weddings

text: Love

text: Anniversaries

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Cover illustration features an old couple sitting on a bench in a garden with an image of their wedding behind them.

text: Stamp of former owner in red ink on cover: Jackson Hines.

text: words and music by Thurland Chattaway.

title: Mandy Lee

text: Sheet music


title: Twas on a bright morning in summer, that I first heard his voice spoken low [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New York ; [etc.]M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Olcott, Chauncey (1858-1932)

text: Nannies

text: Children's songs

text: Children

text: United States

text: Cover illustration features a woman dressed in a toga holding a lyre.

text: words and music by Chauncey Olcott.

title: Many years ago

title: A Romance of Athlone.  Many years ago [uniform title]

title: Childhood days come back again, when I was no older than you [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


text: Nannies

text: Children

text: Children's songs

text: Signature of former owner in ink on cover: Bert B. Barry.

text: words and music by Chauncey Olcott.

title: Many years ago

text: Sheet music


title: There's a name that sometimes haunts me, Marjolaine [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899Washington, D.C.Henry White

namePart: Hover, Brownie

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Courtship

text: Regret

text: On top of page is printed the word: Comfort.

text: [by] Brownie Hover.

title: Marjolaine

text: Sheet music


title: Ev'ry day when school is over, brighter seems the world and sweet [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899Augusta, GAE.S. Jessup

namePart: Jessup, E.S.

namePart: Marshall, Edna Bassett

text: Rural schools

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Courtship

text: Teenage boys

text: Teenage girls

text: On cover: sung with great success by America's sweetest singer, Edna Bassett Marshall.

text: Cover illustration features red poppies on a green background.

text: words and music by E.S. Jessup.

title: Mary Lou

title: Down by the hill there's a school house, not very far from the town [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: What it was that Mary did, Mary didn't know [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkBoosey & Co.

namePart: Risque, W. H.

namePart: Lambelet, Napoleon

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Single women

text: Sexual attraction

text: Women household employees

text: United States

text: History

text: On cover: sung by Miss May Irwin in "Sister Mary."

text: Signed photograph of May Irwin in center of cover.

text: "Special verses sung by Miss May Irwin" printed on back page of cover.

text: words by W.H. Risque ; music by Napoleon Lambelet.

title: Mary was a housemaid

title: Sister Mary.  Mary was a housemaid [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: There's a girl that lives over the way, she insults the piano all day [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkWeber, Fields & Stromberg; / M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

namePart: Stromberg, John (1853-1902)

text: Hands

text: Singing

text: Piano

text: Instruction and study

text: Voice teachers

text: Cover illustration features a young woman playing an upright piano.  An older woman, old man and young boy are behind her listening.

text: On cover: as sung with great success by John T. Kelly at Weber & Fields Broadway Music Hall in "Hurly Burly."

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by John Stromberg.

title: Maud

title: O, Maud, Maud, Maud, the girl that has studied abroad [First line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1899New YorkWeber, Fields & Stromberg

text: Hands

text: Singing

text: Piano

text: Instruction and study

text: Voice teachers

text: Stamp for Gutman's Music Store 3 Avenue A, New York on bottom of title page.

title: Maud

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, de medicine man, wid de grip in his hand [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkJos. W. Stern & Co. ; Edw. B. Marks Music Co.

namePart: Williams & Walker (Comedy team)

text: African Americans

text: Medical care

text: Medicine & culture

text: Traditional medicine

text: zAfrica

text: On title page: a coon song

text: by Williams & Walker ; arr. by W. H. Tyers.

title: The medicine man

title: Do you ever have dat pain in your head?  [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh the night wind's sighing murmur, rising high or whisper'd low [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Tunison, Louise

namePart: Morton, Dorothy (19th cent.)

text: Death and remembrance

text: Photography of Dorothy Morton on cover.

text: Musical supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, May 21, 1899.

text: On cover: sung by Dorothy Morton in "An Arabian Girl." At the Herald Square Theatre New York.

text: words and music by Louise Tunison.

title: Memories

title: An Arabian Girl.  Memories [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh! roving winds, pray listen unto me, and speed your way across the deep blue sea [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899San Francisco, Cal.Sherman, Clay & Co.

namePart: Cooney, Celia

namePart: Smith, James

namePart: Leonard, John Wheaton

text: Ocean travel

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Arrivals & departures

text: Homesickness

text: Photograph of J. Wheaton Leonard in center of cover.

text: words by James Smith ; music by Celia Cooney.

title: A message

title: Oh! Winds that wander, whisper but to me, one word from loved ones far across the sea [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: When I mez, mer, mez, mer, mezmerize Magee [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkHowlley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Ellis, M. Melville

namePart: Lewis, Ada

text: Opium

text: Police

text: Deception

text: Women

text: Health & welfare

text: Opium abuse

text: On cover: dedicated & sung with great success by Miss Ada Lewis in the Rogers Bros' farce, " A Reign of Error."

text: Signed photograph of Ada Lewis on cover.

text: words and music by M.M. Ellis.

title: Mesmerize Magee ; Dope song

title: I'm acquainted with a "copper," fact he is my steady "popper" [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Dan McCarty lay in bed, almost given up for dead [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkHugo V. Schlam

namePart: Davies, William Cahill

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

text: Violence

text: Irish

text: Murder victims

text: Criminal courts

text: Political organizations

text: Cover illustrations feature a marching band, a man getting hit on the head with a brick, a court trial, and a man lying in bed and,  gravestones.

text: On cover: the greatest comic Irish hit of the century!!

text: words by Wm. Cahill Davies; music by Chas. B. Lawlor.

title: The Mick who threw the brick

text: Sheet music


title: Sister Mary.  Midnight Serenade [uniform title]

originInfo: 1899Boston ; New York; [etc.]White-Smith Music Publishing Co.

namePart: McDonough, Glen

namePart: Loftus, Cissie (b. 1876)

text: Moonlight

text: Night

text: Interpersonal relations

text: On cover: sung by May Irwin in her latest comedy success, "Sister Mary."

text: Photograph of May Irwin on cover.

text: words by Glen McDonough ; music by Cissie Loftus.

title: Midnight serenade

title: High above, pale gleams the lamp of love; the twilights first born star [First line of song]

title: Let us go my love, oh let us go where stately lillies sleep by moonlit waters deep [First line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1899[New York]New York Journal & Advertiser

text: Moonlight

text: Night

text: Courtship

text: Musical supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser, November 26, 1899.

text: On cover: sung by May Irwin in her latest laughing success "Sister Mary" at the Bijou Theatre B'Way & 31st St. New York.

text: Photograph of May Irwin on cover.

title: The midnight serenade

text: Sheet music


title: How I wish dat black gal was mine; she's the real thing and right in line [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899[Chicago ; New York]Sol Bloom

namePart: Jefferson, Gene

namePart: Irving, Bob

text: African Americans -- Men -- 1890-1899

text: African Americans -- Women -- 1890-1899

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover illustration by Penrhyn Stanlaus features a side view of an elegantly dressed young caucasian woman holding a fan.

text: Music supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, Sunday, January 27, 1901, pp. 5-8.

text: On cover: sung by Dorothy Morton.

text: Photograph of Dorothy Morton on cover.

text: words by Gene Jefferson ; music by Bob Irving.

title: Miss Virginia

title: Done heard a lot 'bout some hot coons in town [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1899[Chicago ; New York; [etc]Sol Bloom

text: African Americans -- Men -- 1890-1899

text: African Americans -- Women -- 1890-1899

text: Sexual attraction

text: Photograph of Dorothy Morton on cover.

text: On cover: sung by Dorothy Morton.

title: Miss Virginia

text: Sheet music


namePart: Daly, Lucy

text: African Americans -- Men -- 1890-1899

text: African Americans -- Women -- 1890-1899

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover illustration features well dressed lady stepping off a sidewalk; on the wall behind her are advertisements for the song.

text: Featured on one of the illustrated advertisements: "Miss Virginia" sung with great success by Lucy Daly.

title: Miss Virginia

text: Sheet music


title: At a gay reception given in a mansion grand and old [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899New York ; [etc.]Jos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Taggart, George H.

namePart: Mora, Helene

namePart: Witt, Max S.

text: Weddings

text: Fables

text: Adultery

text: Deception

text: Cover photograph by Byron, NY features a gathering for a wedding in a church.

text: On cover: based upon Mr. Clyde Fitch's successful comedy as presented by the Kelcey-Shannon Company.

text: Small photograph of Helene Mora on cover.

text: On cover: respectfully dedicated to Miss Effie Shannon.

text: words by George Taggart ; music by Max S. Witt.

title: The moth and the flame

text: Sheet music


title: I was sitting in a train that was speeding o'er the rails [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899ChicagoSol Bloom

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

text: Death

text: Mothers and sons

text: Arrivals & departures

text: Homesickness

text: Love, Maternal

text: words and chorus melody by Raymond A. Browne.

title: Mother doesn't know I'm coming home

text: Sheet music


title: The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that sways the world [First line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899[New York]Howley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Coleman, Charles (1885-1951)

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Mothers & children -- 1800-1899

text: Love, Maternal

text: Cover illustration features a mother sitting in a chair holding a baby in her arms with her older daughter kneeling next to them.

text: Musical supplement to the New York Sunday Press, Jan. 20, 1901.

text: words by Raymond A. Browne ; music by Charles Coleman.

title: Mother, Queen of home

title: A mother sat singing her baby to sleep, at the close of a summer's day [First line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Jennie King Morrison.

originInfo: 1899BostonC.W. Thompson & Co.

namePart: Gilberté, Hallett (1872-1946)

namePart: Morrison, Jennie

text: Death

text: Mothers and sons

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Love, Maternal

text: On cover: siigned photograph of Jennie King Morrison

text: On title page: dedicated to and sung by Jennie King Morrison.

text: by J. Hallett Gilberte.

title: A mother's cradle song

title: Jennie King Morrison.

text: Sheet music


title: I love to sit and knit and knit, and think of the years now dim [First line of song]

originInfo: 1899Chicago ; New YorkWindsor Music Co.

namePart: Hoard, Halbert L.

namePart: Daggett-Weber, Jeannette

text: Death

text: Mothers and sons

text: Knitting

text: Love, Maternal

text: On cover: sung with great success by Aileen [Erely?]

text: Signed photograph of Aileen [Erely?] playing a harp on cover.

text: words and music by Halbert L. Hoard ; arr. for piano by Jeannette Daggett-Weber.

title: Mother's darling yet

title: I have knit for Bennie, and knit for Dan, since they manhood grew [First line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Sister Mary. My bed is like a little boat. [uniform title]

namePart: Hapgood, Ruth

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Musicals

text: Ocean

text: Summary:  The narrator likens laying in bed to a journey on a boat.

text: Cover includes a portrait photograph of May Irwin.

text: On cover:  Sung by May Irwin in her latest comedy success "Sister Mary."

text: On cover:  The music of this song is dedicated to Miss Ruth Hapgood.

text: words by Robert Louis Stevenson ; music by Cissie Loftus.

title: My bed is like a little boat : rocking song

title: My bed is like a little boat, nurse helps me in when I embark. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Musicals

text: Ocean

text: Cover design includes portrait photograph of May Irwin.

text: On cover: The music of this song is dedicated to Miss Ruth Hapgood.

text: Cover includes stamp of dealer:  G. Schirmer, 35 Union Square, New York.

text: Sheet music


title: You're the sun shine of old Virginia my black Bess. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18991898New YorkE.T. Paull Music Co.

namePart: Sterling, Andrew B (b. 1874)

namePart: Von Tilzer, Harry (1872-1946)

namePart: Forrester, Fannie (19th cent.)

namePart: DeBonne, Theo.

text: African Americans

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: Summary:  The narrator expresses his love for Bess, asking will she kiss him.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Fannie, Forrester and DeBonne, Theo.

text: Copyright date on cover:  1898; copyright date on first page of music:  1899.

text: Cover design includes drawing of a hand holding an enveloped addressed to My black Bess.

text: words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Harry Von Tilzer.

title: My Black Bess

title: When the silver moon is beaming, thro' the tree tops softly gleaming. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: There is extensive preparation going on, for Neeson Brewster's moonlight gambol on his lawn. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkHylands Spencer & Yeager

namePart: Starmer

namePart: Fagan, Barney

namePart: Wall, Jimmy

text: African Americans

text: Blackbirds

text: African Americans -- Women -- 1890-1899

text: African Americans

text: Clothing & dress

text: Debutantes

text: Summary:  Neeson Brewster is having a dance at which his daughter will come out as a debutante; the narrator is her suitor and adores her.

text: Cover design by Starmer includes drawing of a stereotyped image of an African American woman, dressed in frock and hat, with a blackbird perched on her right hand.

text: Cover includes 3 thumbnail photographs of Jimmy Wall, 2 of them in blackface, with the caption:  Yours, Jimmy Wall.

text: Subtitle on cover:  A dainty coon song.

text: words and music by Barney Fagan.

title: My blackbird

title: My blackbird, my dainty blackbird. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Yes, I love a California rosebud, she's my sweetheart Nell. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New York ; ChicagoThe S. Brainard's Sons Co.

namePart: Grant, William. M.

namePart: Dunn, Orion F.

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Women

text: California

text: Summary:  The narrator pines for his Nell from California.

text: Cover design includes drawings of rosebuds and a portrait drawing of a woman in a fanciful blue hat.

text: words and music by Wm. M. Grant.

title: My California rosebud

title: Queen of that garden, the rosebud of the west. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The story of a bright or drear tomorrow, one may read in far off western skies. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago ;[etc.]M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Barbour, Helen Gray

namePart: Scott, P. Daunt

text: Love songs

text: Expectation (Psychology)

text: Summary:

text: On cover:  written & composed by W. Daunt Scott.  On caption: words by Helen Gray Barbour, music by P. Daunt Scott.

text: words by Helen Gray Barbour ; music by W. Daunt Scott.

title: My darling's eyes

text: Sheet music


title: I've a little rag dolly and one I call Polly, another whose eyes are so blue. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkF.A. Mills

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

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Children playing with dolls

text: Summary:  A lullaby in which the narrator (a young girl) tells of putting a doll to sleep.

text: Dedication on cover and above caption title:  To the little ones of America.

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

title: My dolly's lullaby

title: Bye-lo-baby, bye-lo-bye. [alternative title]

title: Go to sleep my baby, bye-lo-bye. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: My dream of love, when first we met among the woodland flow'rs. [first line of song]

originInfo: 18991905ChicagoVictor Kremer

namePart: Schleiffarth, George (d. 1921)

namePart: Allen, John

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

nameType: conference

text: Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition

text: Cover design includes photograph of an unidentified woman with a chain of flowers around her neck.

text: Pages 3-5 have device in margin observing the Lewis & Clark Centennial, Portland, Oregon, 1905.

text: Version for contralto or bass, key of C major.

text: words by John Allen ; music by Geo. Schleiffarth.

title: My dream of love

title: I told the sweet old story then, that ever will be new. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: She's my Manila Lou, I loves her, 'deed I do. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899San Francisco, Cal.Wright & Kochman

namePart: Gassman, Josephine

namePart: Dewey, James G.

namePart: Dolan, Robert E.

text: Weddings

text: African Americans

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: Ragtime music

text: Women

text: Philippines

text: Manila

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Josephine Gassman with Hopkins Transatlantic Co.  Cover includes photograph of Josephine Gassman wearing a hat adorned with flowers; her left hand holds the hat on her head.

text: Cover contains property stamp of former owner:  Robert E. Dolan.

text: Summary: Lou is an African American woman living in Manila who is loved by the narrator; they plan to wed on May 16.

text: Subtitle on cover:  A coon simplicity - with rag-time chorus.

text: Cover includes thumbnail photographs of Wright and Kochman, the publishers.

text: words and music by James G. Dewey.

title: My Filipino baby

title: 'Way down in Manila lives a lady, a chocolate-color'd dazzler, she's a dream. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: My gal has left me, my gal has shook me. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago; [etc.]Chas. K. Harris

namePart: Leslie, Alice

namePart: Emerson, Ida

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

text: African Americans

text: Interpersonal relations

text: Desertion

text: Summary:  The narrator, an African American man, goes off to war while his girlfriend promises she will be true; he doesn't hear from her and when he returns home, he is told that she left town.

text: Arranged by Max Hoffmann.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Alice Leslie.  Cover includes photograph of Alice Leslie.

text: by Joseph E. Howard & Ida Emerson.

title: My gal has left me

title: My baby said to me one morn, why don't you go to war. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: My gal Viola, that nigger stole her. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkWeber, Fields & Stromberg

namePart: DeMar, Carrie

text: Hypnotists

text: African Americans

text: Hypnotism

text: African Americans -- Women -- 1890-1899

text: Desertion

text: Cover design includes drawing of stereotyped images of an African American man hypnotizing an African American woman by placing his hands on her forehead.

text: Summary:  The African American narrator tells of another man who hypnotized his girlfriend Viola, and now Viola only follows this new boyfriend.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Carrie De Mar.  Includes reproduction of a signed photograph of Carrie DeMar.

text: words and music by Joseph Hart.

title: My gal Viola

title: I haven't slept for more than a week, the reason to you I will tell. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: My Georgia lady-love, my southern queen. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Sterling, Andrew B (b. 1874)

text: African Americans

text: African Americans

text: Georgia

text: Sexual attraction

text: Trust

text: Summary:  The narrator is attracted to and loves Sue who is from Georgia; he plans to leave temporarily but knows that Sue will be faithful to him.

text: On cover:  Written and composed expressly for the New York Sunday World; published as the supplement to the New York Sunday World, Oct. 15, 1899.

text: Cover design include drawing of an African American woman's face inside a sunflower.

text: words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Howard & Emerson.

title: My Georgia lady-love

title: I love a little brown-eyed queen, the nicest gal you ever seen. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: My girl, my girl is the pride of the neighborhood.

originInfo: 1899New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Summary:  The narrator is in love with an ordinary working girl who lives in a tenement who has promised that she'll love him.

text: Cover design includes full-length photograph of a woman in a fanciful hat.

text: by Paul Barnes.

title: My girl is the pride of the neighbourhood

title: Just around the corner in a great big tenement lives the sweetest girl of all to me. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: She's a simple country lassie, but her heart is good and true. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18991900ChicagoThe Thompson Music Co.

namePart: Rosenfeld, Monroe H.

namePart: Simpson, Cheridah

text: Weddings

text: Bankruptcy

text: Trust

text: On cover:  Sung by Cheridah Simpson.  Cover includes portrait photograph of Cheridah Simpson.

text: Published as the musical supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, Feb. 25, 1900.

text: Summary:  A city man weds a country woman; the bride's mother tells the groom that she'll be trustworthy; even though the husband goes bankrupt, his wife remains true to him.

text: words and music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld.

title: My girl's true blue

title: In a quiet country town, one summer morning, two lovers were made happy man and wife. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Way down in Lou'siana, there lives a yaller gal, de folks all call her Hannah. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New York ; [etc.]Jos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Shaw, Alma

namePart: Curran, Frances

text: African Americans

text: African Americans

text: Louisiana

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Dedication above caption title:  Respectfully dedicated to my little friend Alma Shaw.

text: Cover design includes photograph of Frances Curran with caption: The clever comedienne Frances Curran.

text: Summary:  Hannah (real name Sal) is an attractive African American woman from Louisiana who the narrator loves; he starts out poor but goes north, gains money, and intends to come back to Louisiana to marry Hannah.

text: Cover design includes thumbnail photograph of David Reed.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: My Hannah lady, whose black baby is you

title: My Hannah lady, I do love you, there aint no baby so good and true. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Franklin, Irene

namePart: Lee, J. B.

text: African Americans

text: African Americans

text: Louisiana

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes a photograph of Irene Franklin with the caption: Dainty Irene Franklin.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at upper right corner:  J.B. Lee.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: My Hannah lady, whose black baby is you

text: Sheet music


namePart: Forrester, Susie

text: African Americans

text: African Americans

text: Louisiana

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes photograph of Susie Forrester with the caption:  The versatile character artiste Susie Forrester.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  G. Schirmer.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: My Hannah lady, whose black baby is you

text: Sheet music


namePart: Latell, Ed

text: African Americans

text: African Americans

text: Louisiana

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes photograph of Edwin Latell with the caption:  The popular comedian Edwin Latell.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: My Hannah lady, whose black baby is you

text: Sheet music


namePart: Bennett & Rich

text: African Americans

text: African Americans

text: Louisiana

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes photograph of Bennett and Rich with caption:  Bennett & Rich, song illustrators.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: My Hannah lady, whose black baby is you

text: Sheet music


namePart: Tenbrooke, James

namePart: Dooley, Larry

text: African Americans

text: African Americans

text: Louisiana

text: Blackface entertainers

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes photograph of James Tenbrooke and Larry Dooley in blackface.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: My Hannah lady, whose black baby is you

text: Sheet music


originInfo: [c1899] / 1920[New York]Jos. W. Stern & Co. ; Ed. B. Marks Music Co.

text: African Americans

text: African Americans

text: Louisiana

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Lacking cover.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: My Hannah lady, whose black baby is you

text: Sheet music


title: Where the billows gaily roar, on the far-off sunny shore. [first line of song]

originInfo:
1899

      Chicago ; New York ; [etc.]

    Sol Bloom

namePart: O'Dea, James

namePart: Penn, William H.

namePart: Daly, Lucy

namePart: Cuthbert, Jon A.

text: Palms

text: Honolulu (Hawaii)

text: Volcanoes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design by Edgar Keller includes a photograph of Lucy Daly with headress, holding a fan, against a drawn background of faux Hawaiian scene of palm trees, ocean in distance, and an erupting volcano.

text: Summary:  The narrator's attractive girlfriend lives far away in Honolulu; he plans to wed her when he gets back there.

text: On cover:  As sung by Lucy Daly.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at upper left:  Jon A. Cuthbert.

text: Stamp of dealer on cover at bottom center:  Julius A. J. Friederich, Grand Rapids, Mich.

text: words by James O'Dea ; music by William Penn.

title: My Honolulu Queen

title: For she's the belle of all the Honolulu ladies, just the sweetest ever was seen. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: Honolulu (Hawaii)

text: Volcanoes

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  As sung by Anna Held.

text: Cover design by Edgar Keller includes a photograph of Anna Held with a hat, against a drawn background of faux Hawaiian scene of palm trees, ocean in distance, and an erupting volcano.

title: My Honolulu Queen

text: Sheet music


originInfo:
1899
    1901

      Chicago ; New York ; [etc.]

    Sol Bloom

text: Honolulu (Hawaii)

text: Daffodils

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes photograph of Anna Held with long flowing hair, set against drawing of daffodils and a pink background.

text: Published as the music supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, Sunday, Feb. 10, 1901, pp. 5-8.

text: On cover:  Sung by Anna Held in Papa's wife.

title: My Honolulu Queen

text: Sheet music


title: Jane, Jane, my pretty Jane, come tell me now that you love me. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1900, c1899Williamsport, Pa.; New York, N.Y.Vandersloot Music Co.

namePart: Bunting, Emma

namePart: Smith, Lee Orean (1874-1942)

namePart: Rene

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes reproduction of signed photograph of Emma Bunting.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover and caption title:  waltz song.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Emma Bunting, the clever little soubrette with Chas. Leyburne's Bon Ton Stock Company, and others of note.

text: Summary:  The narrator is enthralled with his girlfriend Jane.

text: words Rene, music by Lee Orean Smith.

title: My Jane

title: If all the girls in this wide world, were just like one I know. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Some coons have more than one gal an' think its lots of fun. [first line of song]

namePart: Stromberg, John (1853-1902)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

namePart: Dailey, Peter F.

text: African Americans

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design includes photograph of Peter F. Dailey.

text: On cover:  Peter F. Dailey's instantaneous hit at Weber and Field's Broadway Music Hall.

text: Summary:  In stereotyped language, the narrator mentions how multiple girlfriends is typical of coons, but that his girl Josephine is to superior to them.

text: Subtitle on cover:  Coon song.

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by John Stromberg.

title: My Josephine

title: My Josephine my colored queen I'm waiting for you. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: When the sun sets in the west and the birds have gone to rest. [first line of song]

namePart: Daley, Tom

namePart: Johnson, Kattie

namePart: Gold, Belle

text: Marriage

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Dedication on cover:  Dedicated to Miss Kittie Johnson, New York.  Caption dedication lists name as:  Kattie Johnson.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Miss Belle Gold.  Cover includes reproduction of signed photograph of Belle Gold.

text: Summary:  The narrator is in love with his girlfriend Sue and dreams of marrying her soon.

text: words by Tom. Daley ; music by  Gus. Edwards.

title: My little blue eyed Sue

title: My little blue eyed Sue, I love you, yes I do. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Rose is Southern lassie, you're from the North," he said. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Brooks, Bessie Lee

namePart: Witt, Max S.

namePart: Roden, Robert F.

namePart: Gilson, Lottie

text: Plantations

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Marriage proposals

text: Dying declarations

text: Desertion

text: Women

text: Southern States

text: Cover design includes full-length photograph of Lottie Gilson in a hoop skirt.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  Whitson Music Co., Albugquerque, New Mexico.

text: Cover design includes drawing of unpaved road with low stone wall leading to a setting sun; on the left is a stately house with columns.

text: Summary :  The narrator, from the Northern United States, proposes to Rose from Georgia, who says yes; her father gives his consent to the marriage; after marriage, Rose's father's letters dwindle; on his deathbed he describes his sorry at having Rose leave but is happy for her.

text: On cover:  Introduced and sung with great success during her starring tour by Lottie Gilson.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top right:  Bessie Lee Brooks.

text: words by Robert F. Roden ; music by Max. S. Witt.

title: My little Georgia rose

title: In a Georgia town, I met, on a day I'll ne'er forget. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


text: Plantations

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Marriage proposals

text: Dying declarations

text: Desertion

text: Women

text: Southern States

text: Cover design includes photograph of Lottie Gilson with the caption:  The peerless Lottie Gilson.

text: Dealer's stamp on first page of music:  Lord & Co., The Modern Piano Dealers, Lawrence, Mass.

title: My little Georgia rose

text: Sheet music


namePart: Leslie, Marie

text: Plantations

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Marriage proposals

text: Dying declarations

text: Desertion

text: Women

text: Southern States

text: Cover design includes photograph of Marie Leslie with the caption:  The well-known artist Marie Leslie.

title: My little Georgia rose

text: Sheet music


namePart: Allen, Janet

text: Plantations

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Marriage proposals

text: Dying declarations

text: Desertion

text: Women

text: Southern States

text: Cover design includes photograph of Janet Allen.

title: My little Georgia rose

text: Sheet music


namePart: Van Allen, Walter

namePart: Carlin, Gertrude F.

text: Plantations

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Marriage proposals

text: Dying declarations

text: Desertion

text: Women

text: Southern States

text: Cover design includes photograph of Walter Van Allen.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top left and on first page of music at top right:  Gertrude F. Carlin.

title: My little Georgia rose

text: Sheet music


namePart: Binkley, Jay N.

text: Plantations

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Marriage proposals

text: Dying declarations

text: Desertion

text: Women

text: Southern States

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top right has been torn off, leaving only the word:  Chicago.

text: Cover design includes photograph of Jay N. Binckley.

title: My little Georgia rose

text: Sheet music


originInfo: [c1899] / 1920[New York]Jos. W. Stern & Co. ; Edward B. Marks Music Co.

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Marriage proposals

text: Dying declarations

text: Desertion

text: Women

text: Southern States

text: Collective cover page:  Well-known old time favorites [with list of songs].

title: My little Georgia rose

text: Sheet music


title: My little 'lasses candy coon, Mammy'll put you to bed soon. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Mann, Nat. D. (Nathaniel D.)

namePart: Maxwell, Jos. B.

text: African American infants

text: African Americans

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Aged persons

text: Cover design with stereotyped depictions of African Americans shows an elderly "Mammy," bandanna covering her hair, a cane in her right hand, holding a baby on her left shoulder.  A few furnishings of her house are visible, most in a poor state:  a baby cradle, a window with a sill, a cupboard and table with dishes, and a shelf on the wall with a clock, decoy, and a brush.

text: Dedication above caption title:  Dedicated to my esteemed friend, Jos. B. Maxwell.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language, describes a bedtime scene where a young African American asks his "Mammy" to tell bedtime stories.

text: words and music by Nat. D. Mann.

title: My little 'lasses candy coon

title: A picaninny climbed on his old mammy's knee, saying tell me a story, tell me do. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Rose is Southern lassie, you're from the North," he said. [first line of chorus]e

originInfo: 18991920[New York]Jos. W. Stern & Co. ; Edward B. Marks Music Co.

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Marriage proposals

text: Dying declarations

text: Desertion

text: Women

text: Southern States

title: My little Georgia rose

text: Sheet music


text: African American infants

text: African Americans

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Aged persons

text: words and music by Nat. D. Mann.

title: My little 'lasses candy coon

text: Sheet music


originInfo: [c1899] / 1915New YorkM. Witmark & Sons

text: African Americans

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: words and music by Nat. D. Mann.

title: My little 'lasses candy coon

text: Sheet music


title: My mother's old daguerreotype, that picture dimm'd with years. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Walker, Grace

namePart: Lynn, Herbert

text: Reminiscing

text: Mothers and sons

text: Daguerreotypes

text: Cover design includes photograph of a daguerrotype depicting a woman with an 1850s hair style in a frame.

text: Summary:  The narrator visits his childhood home, finds a trunk in the attic, inside of which is a daguerrotype of his mother.  Seeing the image brings back sweet memories of her; although she is dead, the narrator feels remorse for his sins that she had to withstand.

text: words by Herbert Lynn; music by Grace Walker.

title: My mother's old daguerreotype

title: I wandered back to boyhood's scenes and sought a cottage gray. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: In my old Westchester home, where ev'ry heart was kind and true. [first line of chorus]

originInfo:
1899

      New York

    Wm. B. Gray & Co.

namePart: Gray, William Benson

namePart: McHenry, Nellie (1852 or 3-1935)

namePart: Lindsay, Grace Mae

text: Westchester County (N.Y.)

text: Truth

text: Reminiscing

text: Spies -- New York (State) -- 1780-1789

text: Honor

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top: Grace Mae Lindsay.

text: Summary: The narrator reminisces about his mother and former girlfriend and the kind people of Westchester; he recalls a story from his father of how a Westchester native caught a spy, revealing truth and honor to be traits of people from Westchester.

text: Printed as the musical supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, Dec. 3, 1899.

text: On cover: Sung by Jolly Nelly McHenry in Bronson Howard's comedy Green room fun.  Cover includes photograph of Nellie McHenry.

text: words and music by William B. Gray.

title: Green room fun. My old Westchester home among the maples. [uniform title]

title: In an old Westchester village, mid'st the tow'ring maple trees. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: In an old miner's cabin out among the western hills, a weary trav'ler stopp'd to rest one day. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New York ; ChicagoThe S. Brainard's Sons Co.

namePart: Jergensen, Sophus

namePart: Canham, S. J.

text: Older people

text: Women

text: Miners

text: Reminiscing

text: Mothers and sons

text: Desertion

text: Pathos

text: Cover design includes drawn illustrations of scenes from country life:  a house in the country, with stone fence and a well; an elderly woman sitting while sewing, a miner sluicing near a river, and a scene of a cabin near a mine with a mountain in the background.

text: Summary:  The narrator hears a tale of a stranger who stops at an old miner's cabin and tells of his life.  It reminds the narrator of how he left his mother, how sad but accepting she was, but that the memory brings tears to his eyes.

text: words and music by S. Jay Canham.

title: My old New England home

title: Back among the hills of old New England where I used to climb the mountain side. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: She wasn't up to date at all, no poet sang her praise. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkE.J. Nugent Music Publishing Co.

namePart: Cassin, R. B.

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

namePart: Horner, Sidney

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Printed as a supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser, April 30, 1899.

text: Cover design signed Kerr includes portrait of J. Aldrich Libbey.  Caption reads:  Sung byt he famous high baritone J. Aldrich Libbey.

text: Summary:  Even though she was not modern or fancy, the narrator adores his old time girl.

text: words byR.B. Cassin ; music by Sidney Horner.

title: My old time girl

title: My old time girl, my old time girl. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: There's only one mulatto lady, she's a winner, she's my babe, this little yellow coated sinner. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Way, Earl C.

namePart: Dillea, Herbert

namePart: Johnson, Carroll

text: African Americans -- Women -- 1890-1899

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover includes two photographs of Carroll Johnson, one portrait, and one full-length in blackface and costume.

text: Summary:  Using a small number of stereotyped words, the narrator praises his African American girlfriend.

text: On cover:  Introduced with great success by the "Beau Brummell of minstrelsy" Mr. Carroll Johnson.

text: words by Earl Way ; music by Herbert Dillea.

title: My own Manila Sue

title: There's a charming little yellow gal who soon will be my bride. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: So the sailor boys in blue, and the dandy soldiers, too. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899Chicago ; New York ; [etc.]Sol Bloom

namePart: Hall, Alberta N.

namePart: Kelly & Violette

text: Soldiers

text: United States

text: Sexual attraction

text: Summary:  All the soldiers are attracted by the woman known as the Philippino pearl.

text: On cover:  As featured by Kelly and Violette. Cover includes photographs of Kelly and Violette.

text: Subtitle on cover:  A song of a soldier-girl.

text: by N.A. Hall

title: My Philippino pearl

title: My Philippino pearl is a soldier's girl. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: There's a bright little maiden, a beautiful miss. [first line of song]

namePart: Pritzkow, Louis W.

namePart: Little, Malle

text: Marriage

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes photographs of a man and woman, possibly the lyricist and composer, Malle Little and Louis M. Pritzkow.

text: Summary:  The narrator praises his wife and gives his love to her.

text: words by Malle Little ; music by Louis M. Pritzkow.

title: My queen and me

title: My little wife, my own thro' life, always contented to be. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: My queen Irene, she is the best girl I've seen. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Ford, Walter H.

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

namePart: Shattuck, Truly (1876-1954)

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  Waltz ballad.

text: On cover:  Also introduced with great success by Julius P. Witmark. Cover includes photograph of Julius Witmark.

text: On cover:  As sung by the popular artist Truly Shattuck.

text: Summary: The narrator describes the physical attributes of his "queen" Irene.

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

title: My Queen Irene

title: Cheeks like the rose, when the summer wind blows, has my queen Irene. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  As sung by the popular artist Truly Shattuck.  Cover includes photograph of Truly Shattuck.

title: My Queen Irene

text: Sheet music


title: With her snowy arms around me and her rosy lips to mine. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkBrooks & Denton

namePart: MacDonough, Glen (d. 1924)

namePart: Martinetti, Ignacio

text: Dyeing -- 1800-1899

text: Betrothal

text: Humorous songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Ignacio Martinetti's latest success as sung by him in May Irwin's play "Kate Kip."  Cover includes photograph of Ignacio Martinetti.

text: Summary:  The narrator is in love with Rose Marie who works at the dye factory, near where have a trysting place; the day the narrator plans to give his engagement ring, a factor explosion occurs, resulting in Rose Marie having many unusual colors.

text: words by Glen Mac Dounough ; music by Ignacio Martinetti.

title: My rainbow bride

title: A daughter of toil was Rose Marie. [first line of song]

title: Beautiful Rose Marie. [alternative title]

text: Sheet music


namePart: McDonough, Glen

text: Dyeing

text: Betrothal

text: Humorous songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top right: G. F. Spruce [?].

title: My rainbow bride

text: Sheet music


title: No smile is sweeter, no maiden neater. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899ChicagoWill Rossiter

namePart: Starr, Lillian

namePart: Williams, W. R.

text: Sexual attraction

text: Women

text: Southern States

text: Cover design includes photograph of Lillian Starr.

text: Summary:  The narrator is in love with his girlfriend Rose, an exemplary woman from the south.

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

title: My Southern rose

title: Away down south, in the Mississippi Valley, stands a little cottage with ivy 'round the door. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: When Sunday comes, my day of rest, I sing a jubilee. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899[New York]George W. Lederer

namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

namePart: Stange, Stanislaus (d. 1917)

namePart: Harrison, Louis (1859-1936)

namePart: McDonald, Christie (1875-1962)

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes two photographs of Christie MacDonald, and a drawing of a woman wearing Sunday clothes.

text: On cover:  As sung by Christie MacDonald in the Man in the moon at the New York Theatre.

text: Published as the musical supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, July 9, 1899, pp. 9-12.

text: Summary:  The narrator is entranced by his girlfriend whom he takes out on Sundays.

text: words by Stanislaus Stange & Louis Harrison ; music by Gustave Kerker.

title: My Sunday Girl

title: Eyes like the stars above, cheeks like the rose. [first line of chorus]

title: Man in the Moon. My Sunday girl. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: My Susieanna, from Louisiana, I love you honey. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkGeorge L. Spaulding

namePart: Amber, Maud

namePart: Perrin, Sidney

namePart: McGuire, Tom

text: African Americans

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Photostat of original.

text: Summary:  The narrator is in love with his girlfriend Susieanna and hopes she will marry him in the future.

text: Cover design includes photograph of Maude Amber.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  An Ethiopian love song.

text: On cover:  As originally produced at F. F. Proctor's Theaters, N.Y. City with the animated song sheet.

text: words by Tom McGuire ; music by Sid. L. Perrin.

title: My Susie-Anna from Louisiana

title: 'Way down in Louisiana lives my dusky little belle. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Jack went away a year ago, a fortune to win for life. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkWeber, Fields & Stromberg

namePart: Dunn, Jennie

namePart: Dunn, Arthur

namePart: Henry, Marie

text: Marriage

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Summary:  Jack goes away to seek his fortune leaving his girlfriend Janie behind.  He fears that his absence of a year may persuade her to seek someone else, but when he returns he finds Janie is still true.  They marry and even though Jack never found his fortune they still remain true to each other.

text: Dedication on cover and above caption title:  Dedicated to Miss Jennie Dunn.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Marie Henry.  Cover design includes a photograph of Marie Henry.

text: words and music by Arthur Dunn.

title: My sweetheart Janie

title: I haven't forgotten you and never will. [first line of refrain]

text: Sheet music


title: Other darkies talk about their high-toned colored swell. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkMyll Bros

namePart: Williams, Malcolm

namePart: Starmer

text: Watermelons

text: African Americans

text: Contests

text: Cover design by Starmer shows eight figures in blackface (seven men, one woman) staring in amazement at the central figure, the watermelon boy who is eating a watermelon.

text: Summary:  In stereotyped language, the narrator describes an iconoclast "watermelon boy" who loves to eat watermelon.  They go to a contest and, not to be outdone, the watermelon boy eats more than the leading contender.

text: words and music by Malcolm Williams.

title: My watermelon boy

title: I love's to see him roll up his eyes, when watermelon that boy does spy. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Romance of Athlone. My wild Irish Rose. [uniform title]

namePart: Olcott, Chauncey (1858-1932)

text: Roses

text: Love songs

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: Collective title page reads:  Songs introduced by Chauncey Olcott in his new production "A romance of Athlone."

text: Cover design includes drawing of a woman holding a lyre.

text: In the key of B flat (for soprano or tenor).

text: Summary:  The narrator sings of his girlfriend, his wild Irish Rose (using metaphors to the flower), who will never desert him; he hopes that she will marry him one day.

text: words and music by Chauncey Olcott.

title: My wild Irish rose

title: If you listen I'll sing you a sweet little song, of a flower that's now droped and dead. [first line of song]

title: My wild Irish Rose, the sweetest flow'r that grows. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago; LondonM. Witmark & Sons

text: Roses

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Sung by Mr. Chauncey Olcott.

text: Version in C major.

text: words and music by Chauncey Olcott.

title: My wild Irish rose

text: Sheet music


text: Roses

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Sung by Messrs. Chauncey Olcott and John McCormack.

text: Version in C major.

text: words and music by Chauncey Olcott.

title: My wild Irish rose

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago; LondonM. Witmark & Sons : [Music Publishers Holding Corp.]

text: Roses

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Sung by Mr. Chauncey Olcott.

text: Version in C major.

text: words and music by Chauncey Olcott.

title: My wild Irish rose

text: Sheet music


text: Roses

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Sung by Chauncey Olcott.

text: Version in C major.

type: ownership

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

text: words and music by Chauncey Olcott.

title: My wild Irish rose

text: Sheet music


text: Roses

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: Version in C major.

text: On cover: Sung by Chauncey Olcott.

text: words and music by Chauncey Olcott.

title: My wild Irish rose

text: Sheet music


title: You will find in ev'ry city and wherever you may go. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Gold, Belle

namePart: Chattaway, Thurland (1872-1947)

namePart: Jerome, Benjamin M. (1881-1938)

text: Women

text: New York (State)

text: New York

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Successfully introduced by "the little brilliant" Belle Gold.  Cover includes photograph of Belle Gold.

text: Summary:  There are girls all over the world, but the best are from New York.

text: Dedication above caption title:  Respectfully dedicated to "The Jolly Four."

text: words by Thurland Chattaway ; music by Thurland Chattaway and Ben. M. Jerome.

title: The New York girl

title: Uptown, downtown, on the streets and all around. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Tressider, Myrtle

text: Women

text: New York (State)

text: New York

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Successfully introduced by Myrtle Tressider "the girl of '99."  Cover includes photograph of Myrtle Tressider.

title: The New York girl

text: Sheet music


title: She's just a plain New Yorker, from the dear old Empire State. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkRecker, Vogler & Co.

namePart: Berl, Herman

namePart: Kingsley, Pierce

namePart: Carpenter, Charlotte Marion

text: Women

text: New York (State)

text: Waltzes

text: Dedication on cover:  Dedicated to Charlotte Marion Carpenter.  Cover includes photograph of Carpenter resting on [her father's?] shoulder.

text: Subtitle on cover:  A dainty waltz song & chorus.

text: Summary:  There is no better girl than those from New York State.

text: words by Pierce Kingsley ; music by Herman Berl.

title: A new York girl is good enough for me

title: Ev'ry young man has his sweetheart, in the this world's great mystic maze. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: No more will I ever be your baby. [first line of chorus]

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: African American women

text: Passing (Identity)

text: Cover design includes photograph of Ernest Hogan.

text: Summary:  using several derogatory words, the narrator describes his former girlfriend as having changed, now wanting to pass for white and not wanting to associate with other African Americans; that is the reason she spurned him.  She intends to seek a high-born husband in another country.

text: [by] Ernest Hogan.

title: No more will I ever be your baby

title: Miss Liza Jane Johnson has got high-toned since she's moved uptown. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Nora, Nora, I adore her, pretty Nora Bell. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899Chicago ; New YorkWindsor Music Co.

namePart: Fairfield, J. Alvin

namePart: Kelly, Edward

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

text: Women

text: United States

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design by Walt. M. Dekalb incldues photograph of an unidentified woman.

text: Summary:  The narrator adores his girlfriend Nora Bell.

text: words by Edward Kelly ; music by James Alvin Fairfield.

title: Nora Bell

title: Could I but win my Nora's love no other prize I'd seek. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Two lovers strayed, in golden summer weather. [first line of song]

namePart: Sprowacker, L. Von

namePart: Rosenfeld, Sydney (1855-1931)

namePart: Steger, Julius (1870-1959)

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Reminiscing

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Incidental music

text: On cover:  As sung with immense success by Mr. Julius Steger in Lederer & McLellan's production A dangerous maid at the Casino, New York.  Cover includes an uncaptioned photograph presumably of Julius Steger.

text: Summary:  There were once two lovers but now they are separated; where once there was happiness, now there is sorrow.

text: words by Sidney Rosenferld ; music by L. Sprowacker.

title: Oh! Days of yore

title: O days of yore, what charm shall reawaken, the joyous hope that set my youth aglow? [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh! such a business, oh! such a  business, in my head I got a dizziness, from such a business. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Gillespie, Arthur

namePart: Welch, Joe

text: Jews

text: United States

text: Humorous songs

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Joe Welch, the well known character impersonator.  Cover design includes a photograph of Joe Welch portraying a Jew.

text: Summary: verse 1: Using slight ethnically stereotyped language, the narrator describes a foolhardy scheme by two businessmen; verse 2 describes a failed bet on a horse in horse-racing.

text: Subtitle on cover:  A Hebraic tale of woe.

text: words by Arthur Gillespie ; music by Gus. Edwards.

title: Oh, such a business

title: Oh! Last week my friend Levinski, took a partner named Rosinski. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Then go to sleep my darling, you have nothing to fear. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Kennedy, Olive

namePart: Kennedy, Marian

text: Lyres

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Musicals

text: Cover design includes drawing of a woman in robes carrying a lyre.

text: Dedication above caption title:  To my little friends Olive & Marian Kennedy.

text: Summary:  Lullaby for a child.

text: On cover:  Songs introduced by Chauncey Olcott in his new production of A romance of Athlone.

text: words and music by Chauncey Olcott.

title: Olcott's lullaby

title: Go to sleep my darling go to sleep I pray. [first line of song]

title: Romance of Athlone. Olcott's lullaby. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: To me it was a palace of grandeur unsurpassed. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkUnion Mutual Music and Novelty Co.

namePart: Lerman, J. W.

text: Farmhouses

text: Reminiscing

text: Home

text: Family

text: Cover design includes drawing of a man at the path that leads to a house perched on a hill.

text: Summary:  The narrator reminisces about his youth spent at his family home, an old farm house on a hill; even though he has since visited many luxurious places, his fondest memories are of home; in winter it was a place where people gathered, leaving the narrator with positive memories.

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

title: The old farm house on the hill

title: There's a farmhouse I remember, 'twas my childhood's happy home. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 18991903New YorkUnion Mutual Music and Novelty Co.; De Luxe Music Co.

text: Farmhouses

text: Reminiscing

text: Home

text: Family

text: Cover design includes drawing of a path leading farm house surround by a stone fence.

text: On cover at top center:  Edition de luxe.

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

title: The old farm house on the hill

text: Sheet music


title: O swing around, my lady, an' look me in the face. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New York ; ChicagoThe S. Brainard's Sons Co.

namePart: Gossett

namePart: Suttle, Saint

text: African Americans

text: Cakewalk (Dance)

text: Ragtime music

text: Summary:  Jasper John held a cakewalk (i.e. a party) for African Americans; during the festivities it was evident that Bill Taylor won the content; there was a reception held at Darktown, and even though someone tried to out do Bill Taylor, he was still the best at dancing.

text: Cover design by Gossett shows men and women walking on a path leading to a house.

text: words and music by Saint Suttle.

title: Old Jasper's cake walk

title: Last week Jasper Johnson gave a cake walk. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: There's a sunny sweep of meadow that I know. [first line of song]

originInfo:
1899

      New York

    Howley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Stiles, William Curtis (1851-1911)

namePart: Wheeler, Henry Dwight

namePart: Furst, William (1852-1917)

text: New England

text: Farmhouses

text: Reminiscing

text: Cover design includes photograph of a farm house.

text: Dedication on cover and above caption title:  Respectfully dedicated to Henry Dwight Wheeler, esq.

text: Summary:  The narrator reminisces about the farmhouse in which he grew up, musing on its attributes.

text: words by Rev. Wm. Curtis Stiles ; music by William Furst.

title: The old New England farm of other days

text: Sheet music


title: Won't we have a high old time when the boys come marching home. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899San Francisco, Cal.Lee Johnson & Co.

namePart: Hayden, Joe

namePart: Johnson, Lee, songwriter

text: Soldiers

text: American

text: Homecoming

nameType: personal

text: Dewey, George, 1837-1917

text: Commemoration

text: Ragtime music

text: On cover:  Sung nightly by America's phenomenal girl baritone, Ola Hayden.  Cover includes photograph of Ola Hayden.

text: Piano part of chorus is supplied with alternative "rag time" accompaniment.

text: Summary:  Praises the men who return from war, including Dewey, the son of the narrator's family.

title: On the Day that Dewey comes home.

title: There'll be a grand sight, home from the fight, our boys come home to stay. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Way down on de ole plantation where I spent my childhoods hours. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899Boston, Mass.Atlantic Music Co.

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

namePart: Melvin, Harry

text: African Americans

text: Virginia

text: Reminiscing

text: African Americans -- Social life

text: "Professional copy" - lacking cover.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language of an African American, the narrator describes the plantation on which he grew up in Virginia, where all "colored folks" were happy; he recalls the meetings and other attributes of life there.

text: words by Harry Melvin ; music by J.W. Wheeler.

title: Once more take me to "Virginny"

title: Once more take me to Virginny, let me see de fields ob wavin' corn. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: One little word to mother, one little word I say. [firs line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899Fitchburg, Mass.A. Felix ; / J.F. Chaffin

namePart: Burns, P. J.

namePart: Arthur, Joseph

text: War casualties

text: Flag bearers

text: Soldiers

text: American

text: Mothers and sons

text: Brothers

text: Waltzes

text: Cover design include drawing of two U.S. Civil War Union soldiers, one dropping his rifle, seemingly in surprise at the other, who has apparently been wounded and is lying on the ground, holding the U.S. flag.

text: Subtitle below caption title:  Patriotic ballad.

text: Summary:  Two brothers, soldiers for the Union in the Civil war, await their captain's call, while thinking of their mother; the caption calls them to advance, but one is shot;  the other carries the flag to victory for the Union, which marks the day his brother died.

text: Dedication on cover at top center:  Dedicate to the popular baritone soloist Mr. P. J. Burns.

text: words and music by Joseph Arthur.

title: One little word to mother

title: Far o'er the hilltops resounded echoes from enemy's line. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: One love the only one, it comes from the heart. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Leonard, John F.

text: Love

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Cover design by Bert [Colsis?] includes photograph of an unidentified woman pearing through palm branches, and a drawing of a woman playing a setar (lute-like instrument) while seated upon a turkey, with cherubs singing around her.  In the upper right corner the moon smiles while smoking a cigarette.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by the Americus Comedy Four Quartette.

text: Summary:  Love is one of the greatest feelings, and I only have love for one person.

text: words and music by John F. Leonard.

title: One love, the only one

title: Love comes to the rich and the poor, love comes to the young and the old. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: On the way to Madeline, the moon was softly shining. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago ; [etc.]Chas. K. Harris

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

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

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design includes reproduction of a painting showing a woman dressed in a petticoat, standing by a bench in a wood, a terrier dog at her feet.

text: Cover includes photograph of Ben Gettelman with caption:  Sung by Ben Gettelman.

text: Former owner of this copy of music penciled in chord indications throughout music.

text: Summary:  A parson is in love with Madeline, but meets another who loves her; the man asks the parson's advice. The parson tells the man to ask Madeline to marry that man, while the parson suffers from heartbreak.  After some time, the parson hears a gunshot; the man has shot himself and tells the parson to marry her instead.

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

title: One night in June

title: On a summer evening, in the month of June. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Moore, Raymon

namePart: Gleason, Carrie

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design also includes photograph of Raymon Moore with the caption:  Sung with great success by Ramon Moore.

text: Cover design includes reproduction of painting showing a man in 17th century Dutch costume seated at a table speaking to a woman whose face is turned away.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover near right center:  Maine Music Co., Rockland, [Maine].

text: Former owner's signature on cover at top right:  Carrie Gleason.

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

title: One night in June

text: Sheet music


namePart: Shattuck, Truly (1876-1954)

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design includes photograph with the caption: Sung with great success by Truly Shattuck.

text: Cover signed and dated on top:  Oct. 22nd, 1900, compliments of Dr. Bellowes.

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

title: One night in June

text: Sheet music


namePart: Mack, Lillian

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design includes photograph of Lillian Mack with the caption:  Sung with great success by Lillian Mack.

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

title: One night in June

text: Sheet music


namePart: Wilton, Bell

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design includes photograph of Bell Wilton with the caption:  Sung with great success by Bell Wilton.

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

title: One night in June

text: Sheet music


namePart: King, Mabel Taylor

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design includes photograph of Mabel Taylor King with the caption:  Sung with great success by Mabel Taylor King.

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

title: One night in June

text: Sheet music


namePart: Mora, Helene

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design includes photograph of Helene Mora.

text: On cover:  Introduced by Helene Mora.

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

title: One night in June

text: Sheet music


title: Only a dream that thrills me with delight.

originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago ; [etc.]M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Oliver, James B.

namePart: Fay, Jack Everett

namePart: Early, John J.

namePart: Bennett, William H.

text: Waltzes

text: Men's dreams

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes photograph of John J. Early.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by the celebrated baritone John J. Early.

text: Summary:  The narrator describes a romantic attraction to a woman, but then reveals it was only a dream; if only the dream could last forever, he would be with her.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top center:  William H. Bennett.

text: words by Jack Everett Fay ; music by James B. Oliver.

title: Only a dream

title: Fair as a flow'r she comes to me, out from the shades of night. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Taylor, Maym

namePart: Smith, Frances S.

text: Waltzes

text: Men's dreams

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes a photograph of Maym Taylor.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top right:  Frances S. Smith.

text: On cover:  Introduced with great success by Miss Maym Taylor.

title: Only a dream

text: Sheet music


title: When I sail'd from dear old Limerick bound for the Bay of Biscay. [first line]

originInfo: 1899New YorkEdward Schuberth & Co.

namePart: Englander, Ludwig (1853-1914)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

text: Harems

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  Mr. Geo. W. Lederer's latest and greatest success as played at the New York Casino.  The rounders : a vaudeville in three acts adapted from the French.

text: Summary:  comic song sung by the character Maginnis Pasha; he tells the story of how he was shipwrecked and landed off the coast of Turkey where he was taken captive, made a pasha, and given a harem; chorus and remaining two verses describe the joys, troubles, and foibles of maintaining a harem.

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

title: Only a hundred girls

title: Oh how I love my darling my Sally and my Sue. [first line of chorus]

title: Rounders. Only a hundred girls. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Seabrooke, Thomas Q. (Thomas Quigley) (1860-1913)

text: Harems

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  Musical supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, Oct. 1, 1899.

text: Cover design includes drawing of a woman in supposed Turkish harem costume.

text: Cover design includes photograph of Thomas Q. Seabrooke.

text: On cover:  As sung by Thomas Q. Seabrooke in George W. Lederer's latest great success at the New York Casino.

title: Only a hundred girls

text: Sheet music


title: There's a cottage far away where sweet mem'ries often stray. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899Brooklyn, NYCharles Coleman

namePart: Dilson, M. A.

namePart: MacDonald, J. A.

text: Death

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Waltzes

text: Attachment behavior

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes drawing of two hearts with a background of flowers.

text: Summary:  The narrator reminisces fondly about his youth and then about Katie; he married Katie and she subsequently died, but he's loved only her.

text: words by M.A. Dilson ; music by J.R. Macdonald.

title: The only girl I e'er did love

title: My Katie was as true to me as woman e'er could be. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Two friends, in France, once loved a girl. [first line of song]

originInfo:
1899

      New York ; Chicago ; [etc.]

    Jos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Witt, Max S.

namePart: Roden, Robert F.

text: France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799

text: Guillotines

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Self-sacrifice

text: Cover design includes photograph of Henry Miller with a reproduction of his signature.

text: Cover design, printed in yellow and black, includes drawing of the final scene of Charles Dickens's A tale of two cities:  Sydney Carton approaching a guillotine; at his feet are the hats of a crowd.

text: On cover and below caption title:  Founded on Henry Miller's great success, "The only way - a tale of two cities," a dramatization of Charles Dickens' famous novel.

text: Summary:  Text of song is a summary of the love interest in A tale of two cities, how two men love the same woman, but to save one from the guillotine, Carton chooses to take his place, as it is "the only way."

text: words by Robert F. Roden ; music by Max S. Witt.

title: The only way

title: "'Tis the only way," he said, "I will die for you." [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title:
Tw
    o friends, in France, once loved a girl. [first line of song]

originInfo:
1899

      New York

    Jos. W. Stern & Co.

text: Guillotines

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Self-sacrifice

text: Cover design, printed in purple and black, includes drawing of the final scene of Charles Dickens's A tale of two cities:  Sydney Carton approaching a guillotine; at his feet are the hats of a crowd.

text: words by Robert F. Roden, music by Max S. Witt.

title: The only way

text: Sheet music


title: Way down in Chinatown lived a pretty little moon-eyed maid. [first line of song]

originInfo: 18991900New YorkShapiro Bernstein & Von Tilzer

namePart: Krieghoff, William G.

text: Birds

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Chinese Americans

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Summary:  In Chinatown lives the Oo-Lee Long, daughter of a Chinese tea merchant; Ching Ling loves her; but she runs away with the laundry boy and Ching Ling is upset.

text: Cover design by [William G.] Krieghoff includes drawing in Chinese style of a bird on a branch of a tree, with Japanese characters at left.

text: Printed as the supplement to the New York World, Sunday, Feb. 4, 1900.

text: by George Evans.

title: Oo Lee Long

title: Oo-Lee, Oo-Lee, Oo-Lee Long, listen to me while I sing. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I'm fond of my newspaper and I read it ev'ry day. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: MacDonough, Glen (d. 1924)

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

text: Bathing

text: Newspapers

text: Pickpockets

text: Based on advertisements on back cover, apparently printed much later than copyright date.

text: Collective cover page:  Popular favorites by well-known writers.

text: Summary:  verse 1:  The narrator is frustrated when he finds articles torn out of his newspaper; verse 2: a man tries to pick up a woman, but she apparently takes his money; verse 3: a woman goes bathing, and her bathing suit falls off.

text: words by Glen Mac Donough ; music by A.B. Sloane.

title: The other page is missing (you'll have to guess the rest)

text: Sheet music


title: Over the hills to Sunlight Town, over the hills and away. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899BostonLouis H. Ross & Co.

namePart: Davis, Jessie Bartlett

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes photograph of Jessie Bartlett Davis with the caption:  A most charming song, sincerely Jessie Bartlett Davis.

text: Summary:  Over the hills, by the house by the bay, a man awaits the woman he loves.

text: Version in B flat for soprano or tenor.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  Andrews' Music House, Bangor, Maine.

text: words by Arthur Law ; music by Kate Vannah.

title: Over the hills to Sunlight town

text: Sheet music


title: The scene a crowded courtroom, a father, mother there. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkLeo. E. Berliner & Co.

namePart: Gilson, Lottie

namePart: Berliner, Leo E.

namePart: Wilson, Charles A.

text: Divorce

text: Reconciliation

text: Judicial proceedings

text: United States

text: To 1899

text: Waltzes

text: Summary:  At divorce proceedings with a judge and lawyer present, the child of a couple implores them to stay together.  They have a change of heart and decide they love each other, and the judge declares the case is closed.

text: On cover:  Sung by Lottie Gilson.  Cover design includes photograph of Lottie Gilson.

text: Printed as a supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser, March 18, 1900, pages 9-12.

text: words by Charles A. Wilson ; music by Leo. E. Berliner.

title: Papa, mama kiss and be friends

title: Papa, Mama, kiss and be friends!  I love you both, I do! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Picture a home in New England town, picture the ivy creeping 'round. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: [c1899]/ 1900New YorkHylands Spencer & Yeager; Feist & Frankenthaler

namePart: Kohler and Hoon

namePart: Starmer

namePart: Helf, J. Fred

text: Family reunions

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Runaway children

text: Broken homes

text: Desertion

text: Cover design includes photograph of Kohler and Hoon.

text: Summary:  An elderly couple's daughter has run away, and they are depressed; the son goes in search of the daughter, and the parents are even more depressed; the son returns home with the daughter to a happy reunion.

text: Cover design by Starmer shows a drawing in the upper right of an elderly couple with sad faces seated in a wooded area; in the lower left the elderly couple embrace their children.

text: words and music by J. Fred. Helf.

title: A picture no artist can paint

title: A quaint New England homestead where a grey-haired couple dwell. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Pierce and Egbert

text: Family reunions

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Runaway children

text: Broken homes

text: Desertion

text: Cover design includes photograph of Pierce and Egbert.

text: words and music by J. Fred. Helf.

title: A picture no artist can paint

text: Sheet music

publisher: Hylands Spencer & Yeager; Feist & Frankenthaler


originInfo: [c1899]/ 1900New YorkHylands Spencer & Yeager

namePart: Stembler, Sallie

text: Family reunions

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Runaway children

text: Broken homes

text: Desertion

text: Cover includes stamp at bottom center of dealer:  Julius A. J. Friedrich, 30-32 Canal Street, [Grand Rapids, Michigan].

text: Cover design includes photograph of Sallie Stembler.

text: words and music by J. Fred. Helf.

title: A picture no artist can paint

text: Sheet music


title: Playing on the golden strings. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1899New YorkW. J. Fielding & Co.

namePart: Speck, Samuel H.

text: Banjos

text: African Americans

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  As sung in the Rays' howling success Hot old time."

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language and imagery, the narrator describes the joy he has while playing a banjo.

text: Cover design includes 2 drawings of an older balding man, one with a stern expression, the other with a smiling expression.

text: Dedication on cover:  Dedicated to Daphne.

text: words and music by Samuel H. Speck.

title: Playing on de golden strings

title: Hot old time. Playing on de golden strings. [uniform title]

title: I'll play on de golden strings, yes play on de golden strings. [first line of chorus]

title: Pick up the banjo, let us have a song. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Pliny, come kiss you baby, kiss him good and fine. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkJos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Kelly & Violette

text: African Americans -- Women -- 1890-1899

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Desertion

text: Cover design includes photographs of Kelly and Violette, and a thumbnail photograph of Dave Reed.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language of an African American, the narrator describes his girl Pliny; he took her to a party and she wound up being attracted to another person.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: Pliny come kiss your baby

title: I knows a gal, she is a perfect peach! [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Wilkes, Anna

namePart: Rice, Gladys

text: African Americans -- Women -- 1890-1899

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Desertion

text: Cover design includes photograph of Anna Wilkes.

text: Includes signature of former owner on cover at top center: Gladys Rice.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: Pliny come kiss your baby

text: Sheet music


namePart: Falke, Charles

text: African Americans -- Women -- 1890-1899

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Desertion

text: Cover design includes photograph of Charles Falke with a reproduction of his signature.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  Luckhardt & Belder, 10 East 17th St., bet. Broadway & 5th Ave., New York.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: Pliny come kiss your baby

text: Sheet music


namePart: Van, Chas. A.

text: African Americans

text: Women

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Desertion

text: Cover design includes photograph of Charles A. Van with a reproduction of his signature.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: Pliny come kiss your baby

text: Sheet music


text: African Americans -- Women -- 1890-1899

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Desertion

text: Cover design includes photograph of Charles Falke with the caption:  The popular illustrator Charles Falke.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: Pliny come kiss your baby

text: Sheet music


namePart: Teal, Raymond

text: African Americans -- Women -- 1890-1899

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Desertion

text: Cover design includes a photograph of Raymond Teal with the caption:  The popular vocalist Raymond Teal.

text: words and music by Dave Reed, Jr.

title: Pliny come kiss your baby

text: Sheet music


title: I love the polka and always bey request. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New York ; ChicagoF.A. Mills

namePart: Trevelyan, Arthur

namePart: Wenzlik, Theodore

text: Polka (Dance)

text: Dancing

text: Summary:  The narrator loves to dance the polka; despite numerous other dances named by national origin, he loves the polka.

text: Cover design includes photograph of a man with a wide-brimmed hat dancing.

text: words by Arthur Trevelyan ; music by Theodore Wenzlik.

title: The polka is the dance for me

title: Dancing is my great delight, oh! I could dance from morn till night. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Polly, Polly, you're a dolly. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899ChicagoI. Whiteson

namePart: Sheen, C. H.

namePart: Cantlie, Geo.

namePart: Liné, Hans S.

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design by C.H. Sheen includes semi-abstract pattern of flowers and hearts, with a cupid shooting an arrow into two hearts.

text: Summary:  The narrator is deeply in love with Polly who has agreed to marry him.

text: words and music by George Cantlie.

title: Polly, I love but you

title: I know a pretty girl, an her first name is Polly. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music